[An-lang] etymology of Malayic "kasi" ('give')

[Robert Blust]

Hi again David,

So you must be assuming that /kasi/ was borrowed back into Malay from a 
language that regularly lost *-q.  If so, what is the likely source?

For the etymology of Malay /kasih/ see PMP *qasiq and its subentry *ka-qasiq 
in the freely accessible ACD (www.trussel2.com/ACD).

Best,

Bob Blust

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Gil" <gil at eva.mpg.de>
To: "Austronesian languages" <an-lang at anu.edu.au>
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: [An-lang] etymology of Malayic "kasi" ('give')


> Dear all,
>
> Many thanks for all of your suggestions, either to me personally or to
> the list.  In fact, there was unanimity that the source of Malayic
> "kasi" ('give') is in a similar word for 'love' or 'compassion'.  At
> first I was not too convinced; it felt a little bit too much like a folk
> etymology.  However, some of the later comments, with data from a wider
> range of languages such as Onya Darat (Land Dayak, thanks to Uri Tadmor)
> and Tae' (Torajan, thanks to Daniel Kaufman), provided evidence that
> this is most probably the correct etymology.
>
> Again, thanks to you all for your comments,
>
> David
>
>
>
> On 07/02/2015 16:13, David Gil wrote:
>> Dear Austronesianists,
>>
>> I am trying to find an etymology for Malayic "kasi" ('give').  Can
>> anybody ...
>>
>> (1) point me to a previously proposed etymology for "kasi"?
>> (2) suggest possible cognate forms in other (non-Malayic) Austronesian
>> languages?
>> (3) offer any other relevant thoughts and suggestions?
>>
>> So far I have not been able to find anything.  My current thinking is
>> that "kasi" may be part of a complex of interrelated forms such as
>> Standard Malay "ke" ('to'), "akan" (future, oblique), and "=kan"
>> (causative, applicative), but this remains speculative.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> David
>>
>
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