Where does “karatuang” come from?

karatuang (Makasar) comes from Makasar ratu, from Proto-South Sulawesi *datu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian datu — king.

karatuang (Makasar): royalty, kingship

Definitions

  1. royalty, kingship

Ancestry of “karatuang”, step by step

karatuang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar ratu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarraturuler, monarch in Makassar, an old word for
2Proto-South Sulawesi*datu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandatuking

via Makasar ka- -ang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarka- -ang—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian datu →Every word from Proto-South Sulawesi *datu →Every word from Makasar ratu →