Where does “anjing lotong” come from?

anjing lotong (Malay) comes from Malay lotong, from Proto-Malayic *lutuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lutuŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *luCuŋ — Formosan rock monkey (Macaca cyclopis).

anjing lotong (Malay): black dog

Definitions

  1. black dog

Ancestry of “anjing lotong”, step by step

anjing lotong traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay lotong

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylotongblack
2Proto-Malayic*lutuŋlutung any of a group of Old World monkeys making up the genus
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*lutuŋFormosan rock monkey (Macaca cyclopis)
4Proto-Austronesian*luCuŋFormosan rock monkey (Macaca cyclopis)

via Malay anjing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayanjingdog
2Classical Malayanjingdog; a contemptible person, a motherfucker;...
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *luCuŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lutuŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayic *lutuŋ →