Where does “asu” come from?

asu (Indonesian) comes from Malay asu, from Proto-Malayic asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu, from Proto-Austronesian asu — dog animal.

asu (Indonesian): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “asu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayasudog
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 →