Where does “asu” come from?
asu (Javanese) comes from Old Javanese asu, from Proto-Malayic asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu, from Proto-Austronesian asu.
asu (Javanese): dog
Ancestry of “asu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Javanese | asu | dog |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | asu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | asu | dog |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | asu | — |