Where does “kuku” come from?

kuku (Indonesian) comes from Malay kuku, from Proto-Malayic kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian kuSkuS — nail.

kuku (Indonesian): nail

Definitions

  1. nail

Ancestry of “kuku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykukunail
2Proto-Malayickukunail
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankukuhnail
4Proto-AustronesiankuSkuSnail

Words derived from “kuku”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian kuSkuS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kukuh →Every word from Proto-Malayic kuku →