Where does “آسيا” come from?

آسيا (Hijazi Arabic) comes from Arabic آسِيَا, from Ancient Greek Ἀσῐ́ᾱ, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊, from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 — northwest Anatolia.

Ancestry of “آسيا”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicآسِيَا
2Ancient GreekἈσῐ́ᾱ
3Mycenaean Greek𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊an ethnonym for a Lydian; an epithet of the...
4Hittite𒀸𒋗𒉿northwest Anatolia
Every word from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿Every word from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀσῐ́ᾱ