Where does “butuh” come from?

butuh (Balinese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian butuq, from Proto-Austronesian buCuq — testicles.

butuh (Balinese): testicle, scrotum

Definitions

  1. testicle, scrotum

Ancestry of “butuh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbutuqtesticles
2Proto-AustronesianbuCuqtesticles
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buCuq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian butuq →