Where does “bunuh” come from?

bunuh (Indonesian) comes from Malay bunuh, from Proto-Malayic bunuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bunuq, from Proto-Austronesian buNuq — to throw at, to hit with a projectile.

bunuh (Indonesian): to kill

Definitions

  1. to kill

Ancestry of “bunuh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybunuhto kill
2Proto-Malayicbunuhto kill
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbunuqto kill
4Proto-AustronesianbuNuqto throw at, to hit with a projectile

Words derived from “bunuh”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian buNuq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bunuq →Every word from Proto-Malayic bunuh →