Where does “kulit butuh” come from?

kulit butuh (Iban) comes from Iban butuh, from Proto-Malayic butuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian butuq, from Proto-Austronesian buCuq — testicles.

kulit butuh (Iban): foreskin

Definitions

  1. foreskin

Ancestry of “kulit butuh”, step by step

kulit butuh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Iban butuh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibanbutuhpenis
2Proto-Malayicbutuhpenis
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbutuqtesticles
4Proto-AustronesianbuCuqtesticles

via Iban kulit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibankulitskin outer covering of the body of a person
2Proto-Malayickulitskin
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankulitskin
4Proto-AustronesiankuliCrind
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buCuq →