Where does “*sa” come from?

*sa (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.

Ancestry of “*sa”, step by step

*sa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Austronesian *əsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
2Proto-Oceanic*isa—

via Proto-Indo-European só

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

via Indo-European *só

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indo-European*só—

Words derived from “*sa”

Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *əsa →