Where does “əsa” come from?
əsa (Proto-Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.
əsa (Proto-Malayo-Polynesian): one
Ancestry of “əsa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Austronesian | *əsa | — |
| 2 | Proto-Oceanic | *isa | — |