Where does “asu” come from?

asu (Leti (Indonesia)) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu, from Proto-Austronesian asu — dog animal.

asu (Leti (Indonesia)): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “asu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianasudog
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianasudog
3Proto-Austronesianasudog animal
Every word from Proto-Austronesian asu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian asu →
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