Where does “babi hutan” come from?

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

babi hutan (Malay): wild boar

Definitions

  1. wild boar

Ancestry of “babi hutan”, step by step

babi 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 babi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybabipig; a contemptible person; a swear word
2Proto-Malayicbabipig
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbabuypig
4Proto-Austronesianbabuypig

Words derived from “babi hutan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian quCaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan →Every word from Proto-Malayic hutan →
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