Where does “asin” come from?

asin (Tausug) comes from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN — saltiness.

asin (Tausug): salt

Definitions

  1. salt

Ancestry of “asin”, step by step

asin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Austronesian *qasiN

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*qasiNsaltiness

via Proto-Oceanic *(ma-)qasin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanic*(ma-)qasin—

Words derived from “asin”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qasiN →