Where does “kucing” come from?

kucing (Indonesian) comes from Malay kucing, from Classical Malay kucing, from Proto-Austronesian *kutiŋ.

kucing (Indonesian): cat

Definitions

  1. cat

Ancestry of “kucing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykucingcat
2Classical Malaykucingcat
3Proto-Austronesian*kutiŋ—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *kutiŋ →Every word from Classical Malay kucing →Every word from Malay kucing →
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