Where does “hutan” come from?

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

hutan (Malay): forest

Definitions

  1. forest

Ancestry of “hutan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayichutanforest
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqutanscrubland; bush
3Proto-AustronesianquCaNscrubland; bush

Words derived from “hutan”

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