Where does “kambing hitam” come from?

kambing hitam (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kambing, from Malay kambing, from Proto-Malayic kambiŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kambiŋ, from Proto-Austronesian kandiŋ.

kambing hitam (Indonesian): black goat

Definitions

  1. black goat

Ancestry of “kambing hitam”, step by step

kambing hitam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian kambing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankambinggoat
2Malaykambinggoat
3Proto-Malayickambiŋ—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankambiŋ—
5Proto-Austronesiankandiŋ—

via Indonesian hitam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianhitamblack
2Malayhitamblack
3Proto-Malayichitəmblack
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqitəmblack

Words derived from “kambing hitam”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian kandiŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kambiŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayic kambiŋ →