Where does “əsa” come from?

əsa (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.

Ancestry of “əsa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa
2Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
4Proto-Austronesian*əsa
5Proto-Oceanic*isa

Words derived from “əsa

Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isaEvery word from Proto-Austronesian *əsaEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa