Where does “orang-utan” come from?

orang-utan (English) comes from Malay orang utan, from Indonesian utan, from Indonesian hutan, from Malay hutan, from Proto-Malayic hutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan, from Proto-Austronesian quCaN — scrubland; bush.

orang-utan (English): Alternative spelling of orangutan

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of orangutan

Ancestry of “orang-utan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayorang utanorangutan
2IndonesianutanAlternative spelling of hutan; forest
3Indonesianhutanforest
4Malayhutanforest
5Proto-Malayichutanforest
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqutanscrubland; bush
7Proto-AustronesianquCaNscrubland; bush
Every word from Proto-Austronesian quCaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan →Every word from Proto-Malayic hutan →