Where does “budaya” come from?

budaya (Malay) comes from Malay kuning, from Proto-Malayic *kuniŋ.

budaya (Malay): intellectual capacity the faculty of reasoning and understanding

Definitions

  1. intellectual capacity the faculty of reasoning and understanding

Ancestry of “budaya”, step by step

budaya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay kuning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykuningyellow
2Proto-Malayic*kuniŋ—

via Sanskrit बुद्धयः

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritबुद्धयः—

Words derived from “budaya”

Every word from Proto-Malayic *kuniŋ →Every word from Malay kuning →