Where does “aci sagu” come from?

aci sagu (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian sagu, from Malay sagu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sagu.

aci sagu (Indonesian): sago flour

Definitions

  1. sago flour

Ancestry of “aci sagu”, step by step

aci sagu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian sagu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansagusago
2Malaysagusago
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*sagu—

via Indonesian aci

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianacilegitimate; starch, flour; cement and water...
2Sundaneseacistarch
3Hakka阿姊—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sagu →Every word from Malay sagu →Every word from Indonesian sagu →