Where does “udang” come from?

udang (Classical Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *hudaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *hudaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hudaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qudaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian qudaŋ — shrimp; crayfish; lobster.

Ancestry of “udang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*hudaŋshrimp; prawn; lobster
2Proto-Malayo-Chamic*hudaŋ—
3Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan*hudaŋ—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqudaŋshrimp; crayfish; lobster
5Proto-Austronesianqudaŋshrimp; crayfish; lobster

Words derived from “udang”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian qudaŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qudaŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *hudaŋ →