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
Ancestry of “orang-oetan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | orang hutan | Alternative spelling of orang utan |
| 2 | Indonesian | hutan | forest |
| 3 | Malay | hutan | forest |
| 4 | Proto-Malayic | hutan | forest |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | qutan | scrubland; bush |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | quCaN | scrubland; bush |
Words derived from “orang-oetan”