Where does “butoh” come from?

butoh (English) comes from Malay butuh, from Proto-Malayic butuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian butuq, from Proto-Austronesian buCuq — testicles.

butoh (English): A form of Japanese contemporary dance; Pertaining...

Definitions

  1. A form of Japanese contemporary dance; Pertaining...

Ancestry of “butoh”, step by step

butoh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay butuh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybutuhpenis; to need
2Proto-Malayicbutuhpenis
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbutuqtesticles
4Proto-AustronesianbuCuqtesticles

via Japanese 舞踏

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese舞踏butoh, a form of Japanese contemporary dance
2Japanese暗黒舞踏dark dance
3Japanese暗黒舞踊darkness dance
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buCuq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian butuq →Every word from Proto-Malayic butuh →