Where does “bui” come from?

bui (Acehnese) comes from Proto-Chamic *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuy, from Proto-Austronesian babuy — pig.

bui (Acehnese): pig

Definitions

  1. pig

Ancestry of “bui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Chamic*babuy—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbabuypig
3Proto-Austronesianbabuypig
Every word from Proto-Austronesian babuy →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuy →Every word from Proto-Chamic *babuy →