Where does “boto” come from?

boto (Hawaiian Creole) comes from Ilocano buto, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian butuq, from Proto-Austronesian buCuq — testicles.

boto (Hawaiian Creole): penis

Definitions

  1. penis

Ancestry of “boto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ilocanobutopenis
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbutuqtesticles
3Proto-AustronesianbuCuqtesticles
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buCuq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian butuq →Every word from Ilocano buto →