Where does “asin” come from?

asin (Masbate Sorsogon) comes from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN — saltiness.

asin (Masbate Sorsogon): salt

Definitions

  1. salt

Ancestry of “asin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*qasiNsaltiness
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN