Where does “Kuching” come from?

Kuching (Malay) comes from Malay kucing, from Classical Malay kucing, from Proto-Austronesian *kutiŋ.

Ancestry of “Kuching”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykucingcat
2Classical Malaykucingcat
3Proto-Austronesian*kutiŋ—

Words derived from “Kuching”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *kutiŋ →Every word from Classical Malay kucing →Every word from Malay kucing →
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