Where does “rumah asu” come from?

rumah asu (Malay) comes from Malay rumah, from Classical Malay rumah, from Proto-Malayic rumah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian ʀumaq — house.

rumah asu (Malay): kennel shelter for a dog; doghouse kennel

Definitions

  1. kennel shelter for a dog; doghouse kennel

Ancestry of “rumah asu”, step by step

rumah asu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay rumah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayrumahhouse; home
2Classical Malayrumahhouse; home
3Proto-Malayicrumahhouse
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianʀumaqhouse
5Proto-Austronesianʀumaqhouse

via Malay asu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayasudog
2Proto-Malayicasu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianasudog
4Proto-Austronesianasudog animal
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ʀumaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ʀumaq →Every word from Proto-Malayic rumah →