Where does “Orang-Utan” come from?
Orang-Utan (German) comes 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, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan — scrubland; bush.
Orang-Utan (German): orangutan
Ancestry of “Orang-Utan”, step by step