Where does “asap” come from?

asap (Tagalog) comes from Malay asap, from Proto-Malayic asəp, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic (h)asəp, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan (h)asəp, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi (h)asəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (q)asəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qasəb, from Proto-Austronesian qasəb.

asap (Tagalog): smoke; fume; irritation in the eye caused by...

Definitions

  1. smoke; fume; irritation in the eye caused by...

Ancestry of “asap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayasapsmoke
2Proto-Malayicasəp—
3Proto-Malayo-Chamic(h)asəp—
4Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan(h)asəp—
5Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi(h)asəp—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(q)asəp—
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqasəb—
8Proto-Austronesianqasəb—

Words derived from “asap”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian qasəb →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qasəb →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (q)asəp →