Where does “anjing hutan” come from?

anjing hutan (Malay) comes from Malay hutan, from Proto-Malayic hutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan, from Proto-Austronesian quCaN — scrubland; bush.

anjing hutan (Malay): dhole

Definitions

  1. dhole

Ancestry of “anjing hutan”, step by step

anjing hutan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay hutan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayhutanforest
2Proto-Malayichutanforest
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqutanscrubland; bush
4Proto-AustronesianquCaNscrubland; bush

via Malay anjing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayanjingdog
2Classical Malayanjingdog; a contemptible person, a motherfucker;...
Every word from Proto-Austronesian quCaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan →Every word from Proto-Malayic hutan →