Where does “bukit” come from?

bukit (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukij, from Proto-Austronesian *bukij — mountain.

bukit (Malay): hill elevated location

Definitions

  1. hill elevated location

Ancestry of “bukit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*bukithill elevated location
2Proto-Malayo-Chamic*bukit—
3Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan*bukit—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bukij—
5Proto-Austronesian*bukijmountain

Words derived from “bukit”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *bukij →