Where does “anjing penghidu” come from?

anjing penghidu (Malay) comes from Malay anjing, from Classical Malay anjing — dog; a contemptible person, a motherfucker;...

anjing penghidu (Malay): sniffer dog

Definitions

  1. sniffer dog

Ancestry of “anjing penghidu”, step by step

anjing penghidu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay anjing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayanjingdog
2Classical Malayanjingdog; a contemptible person, a motherfucker;...

via Malay penghidu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypenghidusniffer
Every word from Classical Malay anjingEvery word from Malay anjing
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