Where does “beruang kutub” come from?

beruang kutub (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kutub, from Malay kutub, from Arabic قطب, from Arabic ط, from Nabataean 𐢋, from Classical Syriac ܛ, from Aramaic ט‬, from Aramaic 𐡈.

beruang kutub (Indonesian): polar bear

Definitions

polar bear

Ancestry of “beruang kutub”, step by step

beruang kutub traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian kutub

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Indonesian	kutub	pole
2	Malay	kutub	pole
3	Arabic	قطب	to gather, to collect; to mix the wine, to fill...
4	Arabic	ط	ط
5	Nabataean	𐢋	—
6	Classical Syriac	ܛ	number nine
7	Aramaic	ט‬	—
8	Aramaic	𐡈	A letter of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet, named teth, transliterated as Latin ṭ
9	Egyptian	𓄤	—

via Indonesian beruang

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Indonesian	beruang	to have money; rich; bear
2	Malay	beruang	bear; to have money; rich
3	Proto-Malayic	*biruaŋ	bear
4	Proto-Malayo-Polynesian	baʀuaŋ	bear large mammal of family

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