Where does “bunuh” come from?

bunuh (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic bunuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bunuq, from Proto-Austronesian buNuq — to throw at, to hit with a projectile.

bunuh (Iban): to kill put to death

Definitions

  1. to kill put to death

Ancestry of “bunuh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicbunuhto kill
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbunuqto kill
3Proto-AustronesianbuNuqto throw at, to hit with a projectile
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buNuq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bunuq →Every word from Proto-Malayic bunuh →