Where does “asu” come from?
asu (Tetum) comes from Portuguese aço, from Old Portuguese açeyro, from Late Latin aciarium, from Latin aciēs, from Latin aceō, from Proto-Italic akēō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ-éh₁-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.
asu (Tetum): dog
Ancestry of “asu”, step by step