Where does “asuk” come from?

asuk (Proto-Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Malayic asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu, from Proto-Austronesian asu — dog animal.

Ancestry of “asuk”, step by step

asuk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayic asu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicasu—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianasudog
3Proto-Austronesianasudog animal

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qasəb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqasəb—
2Proto-Austronesianqasəb—

Words derived from “asuk”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian asu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu →Every word from Proto-Malayic asu →