Where does “sagu” come from?

sagu (Turkish) comes from Malay sagu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sagu.

sagu (Turkish): a sort of elegy written by pre-Islamic Turkic people

Definitions

  1. a sort of elegy written by pre-Islamic Turkic people

Ancestry of “sagu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysagusago
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*sagu—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sagu →Every word from Malay sagu →