Where does “Șagu” come from?
Șagu (Romanian) comes from French sagou, from Portuguese sagu, from Malay sagu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sagu.
Ancestry of “Șagu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | sagou | — |
| 2 | Portuguese | sagu | sago; sago pudding |
| 3 | Malay | sagu | sago |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *sagu | — |