Where does “rusa” come from?
rusa (Indonesian) comes from Malay rusa, from Proto-Malayic *rusaʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀsa.
rusa (Indonesian): deer; moose
Ancestry of “rusa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | rusa | deer; moose |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | *rusaʔ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *uʀsa | — |
Words derived from “rusa”