Where does “hutan” come from?

hutan (Indonesian) comes from Malay hutan, from Proto-Malayic hutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan, from Proto-Austronesian quCaN — scrubland; bush.

hutan (Indonesian): forest

Definitions

  1. forest

Ancestry of “hutan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayhutanforest
2Proto-Malayichutanforest
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqutanscrubland; bush
4Proto-AustronesianquCaNscrubland; bush

Words derived from “hutan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian quCaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan →Every word from Proto-Malayic hutan →