Where does “nasi” come from?

nasi (Indonesian) comes from Malay nasi, from Proto-Malayic *nasi(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asi.

nasi (Indonesian): cooked rice

Definitions

  1. cooked rice

Ancestry of “nasi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaynasicooked rice
2Proto-Malayic*nasi(ʔ)cooked rice
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*asi—

Words derived from “nasi”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asi →Every word from Proto-Malayic *nasi(ʔ) →Every word from Malay nasi →