Where does “asık” come from?

asık (Turkish) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asuk, from Proto-Malayic asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu, from Proto-Austronesian asu — dog animal.

asık (Turkish): frowning; hanging; sulky

Definitions

  1. frowning; hanging; sulky

Ancestry of “asık”, step by step

asık traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asuk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianasuk—
2Proto-Malayicasu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianasudog
4Proto-Austronesianasudog animal

via Turkish aşmak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishaşmakto cross, traverse (a mountain, a river, a sea); to go through; to traverse
2Ottoman Turkishآصمقto hang up, suspend
3Proto-Turkicas-to hang
Every word from Proto-Austronesian asu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu →Every word from Proto-Malayic asu →