Where does “bunuh” come from?
bunuh (Indonesian) comes from Malay bunuh, from Proto-Malayic bunuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bunuq, from Proto-Austronesian buNuq.
bunuh (Indonesian): to kill
Ancestry of “bunuh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | bunuh | to kill |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | bunuh | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | bunuq | to kill |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | buNuq | — |