Where does “kumbang” come from?

kumbang (Indonesian) comes from Malay kumbang, from Proto-Austronesian -bəŋ.

kumbang (Indonesian): beetle

Definitions

  1. beetle

Ancestry of “kumbang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykumbangbeetle
2Proto-Austronesian-bəŋ—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian -bəŋ →Every word from Malay kumbang →