Where does “aso” come from?

aso (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Philippine asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu, from Proto-Austronesian asu — dog animal.

aso (Tagalog): dog; smoke; vapor; steam

Definitions

  1. dog; smoke; vapor; steam

Ancestry of “aso”, step by step

aso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Philippine asu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippineasudog
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianasudog
3Proto-Austronesianasudog animal

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qasu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qasu—

Words derived from “aso”

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