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

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Malay	Orang Utan	—
2	Dutch	orang-oetan	orangutan
3	Malay	orang hutan	Alternative spelling of orang utan
4	Indonesian	hutan	forest
5	Malay	hutan	forest
6	Proto-Malayic	hutan	forest
7	Proto-Malayo-Polynesian	qutan	scrubland; bush
8	Proto-Austronesian	quCaN	scrubland; bush

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