Where does “musang” come from?
musang (Indonesian) comes from Malay musang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *musaŋ.
musang (Indonesian): civet
Ancestry of “musang”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | musang | civet; fox |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *musaŋ | — |