Where does “Kuching” come from?

Kuching (English) comes from Malay Kuching, from Malay kucing, from Classical Malay kucing, from Proto-Austronesian *kutiŋ.

Ancestry of “Kuching”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayKuching—
2Malaykucingcat
3Classical Malaykucingcat
4Proto-Austronesian*kutiŋ—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *kutiŋ →Every word from Classical Malay kucing →Every word from Malay kucing →
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