Where does “pasir” come from?
pasir (Indonesian) comes from Malay pasir, from Proto-Malayic *pasir, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ.
pasir (Indonesian): sand
Ancestry of “pasir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | pasir | sand |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | *pasir | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *pasiʀ | — |