Where does “asu jantan” come from?

asu jantan (Malay) comes from Malay asu, from Proto-Malayic asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu, from Proto-Austronesian asu — dog animal.

asu jantan (Malay): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “asu jantan”, step by step

asu jantan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay asu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayasudog
2Proto-Malayicasu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianasudog
4Proto-Austronesianasudog animal

via Malay jantan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayjantanmale; manly
2Javaneseꦗꦭꦸspur
3Old Javanesejalumale
Every word from Proto-Austronesian asu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu →Every word from Proto-Malayic asu →
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