Where does “periuk nasi” come from?

periuk nasi (Malay) comes from Malay nasi, from Proto-Malayic *nasi(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asi.

periuk nasi (Malay): rice cooker

Definitions

  1. rice cooker

Ancestry of “periuk nasi”, step by step

periuk nasi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay nasi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaynasicooked rice
2Proto-Malayic*nasi(ʔ)cooked rice
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*asi—

via Malay periuk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayperiukA pot
2Proto-Austronesian*pariuk—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asi →