Where does “wasi” come from?

wasi (Indonesian) comes from Japanese わし, from Japanese 私, from Old Japanese 私 — a personal or private matter.

wasi (Indonesian): magic that can make women's hair fall out

Definitions

  1. magic that can make women's hair fall out

Ancestry of “wasi”, step by step

wasi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese わし

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseわし—
2Japanese私first-person singular pronoun: I, me; a personal...
3Old Japanese私a personal or private matter

via Arabic وَصِيّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicوَصِيّ—
Every word from Old Japanese 私 →Every word from Japanese 私 →Every word from Japanese わし →