Where does “kumbang” come from?
kumbang (Indonesian) comes from Malay kumbang, from Proto-Austronesian -bəŋ.
kumbang (Indonesian): beetle
Ancestry of “kumbang”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | kumbang | beetle |
| 2 | Proto-Austronesian | -bəŋ | — |