Where does “beruang kutub” come from?

beruang kutub (Malay) comes from Malay kutub, from Arabic قطب, from Arabic ط, from Nabataean 𐢋, from Classical Syriac ܛ, from Aramaic ט‬, from Aramaic 𐡈, from Egyptian 𓄤.

beruang kutub (Malay): polar bear

Definitions

  1. polar bear

Ancestry of “beruang kutub”, step by step

beruang kutub traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay kutub

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykutubpole
2Arabicقطبto gather, to collect; to mix the wine, to fill...
3Arabicطط
4Nabataean𐢋—
5Classical Syriacܛnumber nine
6Aramaicט‬—
7Aramaic𐡈A letter of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet, named teth, transliterated as Latin ṭ
8Egyptian𓄤—

via Malay beruang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayberuangbear; to have money; rich
2Proto-Malayic*biruaŋbear
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbaʀuaŋbear large mammal of family
Every word from Egyptian 𓄤 →Every word from Aramaic 𐡈 →Every word from Aramaic ט‬ →