Where does “ĕsă” come from?

ĕsă (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.

ĕsă (Malay): Obsolete spelling of esa

Definitions

  1. Obsolete spelling of esa

Ancestry of “ĕsă”, step by step

ĕsă traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayic əsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicəsa—
2Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa—
3Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
5Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
6Proto-Oceanic*isa—

via Proto-Malayic əsa(ʔ)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicəsa(ʔ)one
2Proto-Malayo-PolynesianisaAlternative form of *əsa
3Proto-AustronesianisaAlternative form of *əsa

Words derived from “ĕsă”

Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *əsa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa →