Where does “buto kambing” come from?

buto kambing (Makasar) comes from Makasar kambing, from Malay kambing, from Proto-Malayic kambiŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kambiŋ, from Proto-Austronesian kandiŋ.

buto kambing (Makasar): Jemput-jemput, a delicacy made of overripe bananas, cut into pieces, wrapped in rice flour dough, and fried as balls in hot coconut oil

Definitions

  1. Jemput-jemput, a delicacy made of overripe bananas, cut into pieces, wrapped in rice flour dough, and fried as balls in hot coconut oil

Ancestry of “buto kambing”, step by step

buto kambing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar kambing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarkambingroot words that do not have a specific meaning if they are not formed into compounds
2Malaykambinggoat
3Proto-Malayickambiŋ—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankambiŋ—
5Proto-Austronesiankandiŋ—

via Makasar buto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarbutoscrotum
2Proto-South Sulawesi*buto—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbutuqtesticles
4Proto-AustronesianbuCuqtesticles
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kandiŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kambiŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayic kambiŋ →