Where does “babirusa” come from?

babirusa (English) comes from Latin babyroussa, from Malay babi rusa, from Malay babi, from Proto-Malayic babi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuy, from Proto-Austronesian babuy — pig.

babirusa (English): Any of several mammals in the genus Babyrousa in...

Definitions

  1. Any of several mammals in the genus Babyrousa in...

Ancestry of “babirusa”, step by step

babirusa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin babyroussa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbabyroussa—
2Malaybabi rusababiroussa
3Malaybabipig; a contemptible person; a swear word
4Proto-Malayicbabipig
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbabuypig
6Proto-Austronesianbabuypig

via Malay babirusa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalaybabirusaBuru babirusa, Babyrousa babyrussa
2Indonesianbabipig; a swear word

Words derived from “babirusa”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian babuy →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuy →Every word from Proto-Malayic babi →
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