Where does “orang kulit putih” come from?

orang kulit putih (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian putih, from Malay putih, from Classical Malay putih, from Proto-Malayic putih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq — white.

orang kulit putih (Indonesian): white man; white person; Caucasian; westerner

Definitions

  1. white man; white person; Caucasian; westerner

Ancestry of “orang kulit putih”, step by step

orang kulit putih traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian putih

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianputihwhite
2Malayputihwhite
3Classical Malayputihwhite
4Proto-Malayicputihwhite
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)putiqwhite

via Indonesian kulit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankulitskin; leather; shell
2Malaykulitskin; leather; shell
3Proto-Malayickulitskin
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankulitskin
5Proto-AustronesiankuliCrind

via Indonesian orang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianoranghuman, person; a vassal; a subject; a person who...
2Malayorangperson; human, person; a vassal; a subject
3Proto-Malayo-PolynesianuRaŋoutsider
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)putiq →Every word from Proto-Malayic putih →Every word from Classical Malay putih →