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
- Alternative spelling of orangutan
Ancestry of “orang-utan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | orang utan | orangutan |
| 2 | Indonesian | utan | Alternative spelling of hutan; forest |
| 3 | Indonesian | hutan | forest |
| 4 | Malay | hutan | forest |
| 5 | Proto-Malayic | hutan | forest |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | qutan | scrubland; bush |
| 7 | Proto-Austronesian | quCaN | scrubland; bush |