Where does “nasa” come from?

nasa (Kapampangan) comes from Kapampangan na, from Kapampangan nanu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anu, from Proto-Austronesian (na-)nu — what.

nasa (Kapampangan): expect; wait

Definitions

  1. expect; wait

Ancestry of “nasa”, step by step

nasa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Kapampangan na

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampanganna3rd person singular possessive/ergative pronoun: he; his; she; her; it; its
2Kapampangannanuwhat
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananuwhat?
4Proto-Austronesian(na-)nuwhat

via Kapampangan sa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampangansaparticle used to express an unrealized intention or situation
2Proto-Germanic*sa—
3Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
4Proto-Oceanic*isa—

via Sanskrit लालसा

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritलालसा—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian (na-)nu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian anu →Every word from Kapampangan nanu →