Where does “асық” come from?

асық (Kazakh) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asuk, from Proto-Malayic asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu, from Proto-Austronesian asu — dog animal.

асық (Kazakh): talus bone of a goat or sheep (collected and used for traditional games and fortune-telling throughout Central Asia)

Definitions

  1. talus bone of a goat or sheep (collected and used for traditional games and fortune-telling throughout Central Asia)

Ancestry of “асық”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianasuk—
2Proto-Malayicasu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianasudog
4Proto-Austronesianasudog animal
Every word from Proto-Austronesian asu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu →Every word from Proto-Malayic asu →