Where does “harimau dahan” come from?

harimau dahan (Malay) comes from Malay dahan, from Proto-Malayic dahan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daqan, from Proto-Austronesian daqaN.

harimau dahan (Malay): clouded leopard

Definitions

  1. clouded leopard

Ancestry of “harimau dahan”, step by step

harimau dahan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay dahan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaydahanbranch
2Proto-Malayicdahanbranch
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaqanbranch; old; ancient
4Proto-AustronesiandaqaN—

via Malay harimau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayharimaupanther; tiger; cougar
2Proto-Malayichari-mauŋtiger
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqari-mauŋpanther

Words derived from “harimau dahan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian daqaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daqan →Every word from Proto-Malayic dahan →