Where does “bohuang” come from?

bohuang (Central Dusun) comes from Malay beruang, from Proto-Malayic *biruaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baʀuaŋ — bear large mammal of family.

bohuang (Central Dusun): bear

Definitions

  1. bear

Ancestry of “bohuang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayberuangbear; to have money; rich
2Proto-Malayic*biruaŋbear
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbaʀuaŋbear large mammal of family
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian baʀuaŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayic *biruaŋ →Every word from Malay beruang →