Where does “yasi” come from?

yasi (Sekar) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu, from Proto-Austronesian asu — dog animal.

yasi (Sekar): dog animal

Definitions

  1. dog animal

Ancestry of “yasi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianasudog
2Proto-Austronesianasudog animal
Every word from Proto-Austronesian asuEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu