Where does “aspin” come from?

aspin (English) comes from Tagalog aspin, from Tagalog aso, from Proto-Philippine asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu, from Proto-Austronesian asu — dog animal.

aspin (English): The mongrel dogs of the Philippines

Definitions

  1. The mongrel dogs of the Philippines

Ancestry of “aspin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogaspinaskal
2Tagalogasodog; smoke; vapor; steam
3Proto-Philippineasudog
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianasudog
5Proto-Austronesianasudog animal
Every word from Proto-Austronesian asu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu →Every word from Proto-Philippine asu →