Where does “kuku” come from?

kuku (Brunei Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian kuSkuS — nail.

kuku (Brunei Malay): nail on fingers and toes

Definitions

  1. nail on fingers and toes

Ancestry of “kuku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayickukunail
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankukuhnail
3Proto-AustronesiankuSkuSnail
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kuSkuS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kukuh →Every word from Proto-Malayic kuku →