Where does “اسا” come from?

اسا (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.

اسا (Malay): one; hope; to hope

Definitions

  1. one; hope; to hope

Ancestry of “اسا”, step by step

اسا 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 Arabic ساعة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicساعةhour; short time, a while; timepiece, clock,...
2Aramaicשָׁעְתָא—

Words derived from “اسا”

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