Where does “orang-oetan” come from?

orang-oetan (Dutch) comes from Malay orang hutan, from Indonesian hutan, from Malay hutan, from Proto-Malayic hutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan, from Proto-Austronesian quCaN — scrubland; bush.

orang-oetan (Dutch): orangutan

Definitions

  1. orangutan

Ancestry of “orang-oetan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayorang hutanAlternative spelling of orang utan
2Indonesianhutanforest
3Malayhutanforest
4Proto-Malayichutanforest
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqutanscrubland; bush
6Proto-AustronesianquCaNscrubland; bush

Words derived from “orang-oetan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian quCaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan →Every word from Proto-Malayic hutan →