Where does “pasia” come from?

pasia (Minangkabau) comes from Proto-Malayic *pasir, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ.

pasia (Minangkabau): sand

Definitions

  1. sand

Ancestry of “pasia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*pasirsand
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*pasiʀ—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pasiʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayic *pasir →