Where does “オランウータン” come from?
オランウータン (Japanese) comes from English orangutan, from Malay Orang Utan, from Dutch orang-oetan, from Malay orang hutan, from Indonesian hutan, from Malay hutan, from Proto-Malayic hutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan — scrubland; bush.
オランウータン (Japanese): an orangutan
Ancestry of “オランウータン”, step by step