Where does “buntut” come from?

buntut (Javanese) comes from Old Javanese buntut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buntut.

buntut (Javanese): tail (of an animal)

Definitions

  1. tail (of an animal)

Ancestry of “buntut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesebuntuttail (of an animal)
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*buntut—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buntut →Every word from Old Javanese buntut →