Where does “daging asu” come from?

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

daging asu (Malay): dogmeat

Definitions

  1. dogmeat

Ancestry of “daging asu”, step by step

daging asu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay asu

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

via Malay daging

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaydagingmeat
Every word from Proto-Austronesian asu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu →Every word from Proto-Malayic asu →