Where does “asok” come from?

asok (Ilocano) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asuk, from Proto-Malayic asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu, from Proto-Austronesian asu — dog animal.

asok (Ilocano): smoke; steam; vapor

Definitions

  1. smoke; steam; vapor

Ancestry of “asok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianasuk—
2Proto-Malayicasu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianasudog
4Proto-Austronesianasudog animal
Every word from Proto-Austronesian asu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu →Every word from Proto-Malayic asu →