Where does “bahasa kebun binatang” come from?

bahasa kebun binatang (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian Bahasa, from Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा, from Sanskrit भाष.

bahasa kebun binatang (Indonesian): swear words in the form of animal names (e.g. anjing, monyet etc.)

Definitions

  1. swear words in the form of animal names (e.g. anjing, monyet etc.)

Ancestry of “bahasa kebun binatang”, step by step

bahasa kebun binatang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian Bahasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IndonesianBahasalanguage
2Malaybahasalanguage; decorum, appropriate social behavior
3Sanskritभाषाspeech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a...
4Sanskritभाष

via Indonesian kebun binatang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankebun binatangzoo: a park where live animals are exhibited
2Malaykebun binatangzoo; zoo: a park where live animals are exhibited
Every word from Sanskrit भाषEvery word from Sanskrit भाषाEvery word from Malay bahasa