Where does “budaya” come from?

budaya (Indonesian) comes from Malay budaya, from Malay kuning, from Proto-Malayic *kuniŋ.

budaya (Indonesian): intellectual capacity the faculty of reasoning and understanding

Definitions

  1. intellectual capacity the faculty of reasoning and understanding

Ancestry of “budaya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybudayaintellectual capacity the faculty of reasoning and understanding
2Malaykuningyellow
3Proto-Malayic*kuniŋ—

Words derived from “budaya”

Every word from Proto-Malayic *kuniŋ →Every word from Malay kuning →Every word from Malay budaya →