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
- smoke; fume; irritation in the eye caused by...
Ancestry of “asap”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | asap | smoke |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | asəp | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | (h)asəp | — |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | (h)asəp | — |
| 5 | Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi | (h)asəp | — |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (q)asəp | — |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | qasəb | — |
| 8 | Proto-Austronesian | qasəb | — |