Where does “lutung” come from?

lutung (English) comes from Malay lotong, from Proto-Malayic *lutuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lutuŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *luCuŋ — Formosan rock monkey (Macaca cyclopis).

lutung (English): Any of a group of Old World monkeys, making up...

Definitions

  1. Any of a group of Old World monkeys, making up...

Ancestry of “lutung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylotongblack
2Proto-Malayic*lutuŋlutung any of a group of Old World monkeys making up the genus
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*lutuŋFormosan rock monkey (Macaca cyclopis)
4Proto-Austronesian*luCuŋFormosan rock monkey (Macaca cyclopis)
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *luCuŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lutuŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayic *lutuŋ →