Where does “orangoutang” come from?

orangoutang (English) comes from Malay Orang Utan, from Dutch orang-oetan, from Malay orang hutan, from Indonesian hutan, from Malay hutan, from Proto-Malayic hutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan, from Proto-Austronesian quCaN — scrubland; bush.

orangoutang (English): Alternative spelling of orangutan

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of orangutan

Ancestry of “orangoutang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayOrang Utanorangutan arboreal anthropoid ape
2Dutchorang-oetanorangutan
3Malayorang hutanAlternative spelling of orang utan
4Indonesianhutanforest
5Malayhutanforest
6Proto-Malayichutanforest
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqutanscrubland; bush
8Proto-AustronesianquCaNscrubland; bush
Every word from Proto-Austronesian quCaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan →Every word from Proto-Malayic hutan →