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

  1. polar bear

Ancestry of “beruang kutub”, step by step

beruang kutub traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian kutub

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankutubpole
2Malaykutubpole
3Arabicقطبto gather, to collect; to mix the wine, to fill...
4Arabicطط
5Nabataean𐢋—
6Classical Syriacܛnumber nine
7Aramaicט‬—
8Aramaic𐡈A letter of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet, named teth, transliterated as Latin ṭ
9Egyptian𓄤—

via Indonesian beruang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianberuangto have money; rich; bear
2Malayberuangbear; to have money; rich
3Proto-Malayic*biruaŋbear
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbaʀuaŋbear large mammal of family
Every word from Egyptian 𓄤 →Every word from Aramaic 𐡈 →Every word from Aramaic ט‬ →