Where does “orangután” come from?
orangután (Galician) comes from Spanish orangután, from English orangutan, from Malay Orang Utan, from Dutch orang-oetan, from Malay orang hutan, from Indonesian hutan, from Malay hutan, from Proto-Malayic hutan — scrubland; bush.
orangután (Galician): orangutan
Ancestry of “orangután”, step by step