Where does “orangutan” come from?

Orangutan comes from Malay orang utan, from Proto-Malayic hutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan, from Proto-Austronesian quCaN.

orangutan (English): An arboreal anthropoid ape genus "Pongo"...

Definitions

  1. An arboreal anthropoid ape genus "Pongo"...

Ancestry of “orangutan”, 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

Words derived from “orangutan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian quCaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan →Every word from Proto-Malayic hutan →