Where does “kulit” come from?

kulit (Indonesian) comes from Malay kulit, from Proto-Malayic kulit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kulit, from Proto-Austronesian kuliC — rind.

kulit (Indonesian): skin; leather; shell

Definitions

  1. skin; leather; shell

Ancestry of “kulit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykulitskin; leather; shell
2Proto-Malayickulitskin
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankulitskin
4Proto-AustronesiankuliCrind

Words derived from “kulit”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian kuliC →
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