Where does “nasi kosong” come from?

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

nasi kosong (Indonesian): plain rice (a staple dish made by boiling or steaming white or brown rice in water)

Definitions

  1. plain rice (a staple dish made by boiling or steaming white or brown rice in water)

Ancestry of “nasi kosong”, step by step

nasi kosong traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian nasi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiannasicooked rice
2Malaynasicooked rice
3Proto-Malayic*nasi(ʔ)cooked rice
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*asi—

via Indonesian kosong

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankosongempty literally or figuratively
2Malaykosongzero; empty

via Malay mkn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymkn—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asi →Every word from Proto-Malayic *nasi(ʔ) →Every word from Malay nasi →