Where does “nasi lemak” come from?
nasi lemak (Malay) comes from Indonesian nasi, from Malay nasi, from Proto-Malayic *nasi(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asi.
nasi lemak (Malay): nasi lemak
Ancestry of “nasi lemak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | nasi | cooked rice |
| 2 | Malay | nasi | cooked rice |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | *nasi(ʔ) | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *asi | — |
Words derived from “nasi lemak”