Where does “ausa” come from?

ausa (Mambae) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu, from Proto-Austronesian asu — dog animal.

ausa (Mambae): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “ausa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianasudog
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianasudog
3Proto-Austronesianasudog animal
Every word from Proto-Austronesian asu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian asu →