Where does “asâo” come from?

asâo (Jarai) comes from Proto-Chamic *ʔasɔw, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu, from Proto-Austronesian asu — dog animal.

asâo (Jarai): dog animal

Definitions

  1. dog animal

Ancestry of “asâo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Chamic*ʔasɔw—
2Proto-Malayo-Chamicasu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianasudog
4Proto-Austronesianasudog animal
Every word from Proto-Austronesian asu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Chamic asu →