Where does “بابي هوتن” come from?

بابي هوتن (Malay) comes from Malay بابي, from Proto-Malayic babi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuy, from Proto-Austronesian babuy — pig.

بابي هوتن (Malay): wild boar

Definitions

  1. wild boar

Ancestry of “بابي هوتن”, step by step

بابي هوتن traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay بابي

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayبابيJawi spelling of babi
2Proto-Malayicbabipig
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbabuypig
4Proto-Austronesianbabuypig

via Malay هوتن

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayهوتنJawi spelling of hutan
Every word from Proto-Austronesian babuy →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuy →Every word from Proto-Malayic babi →
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