Where does “hutan rimba” come from?

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

hutan rimba (Malay): jungle

Definitions

  1. jungle

Ancestry of “hutan rimba”, step by step

hutan rimba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay hutan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayhutanforest
2Proto-Malayichutanforest
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqutanscrubland; bush
4Proto-AustronesianquCaNscrubland; bush

via Malay rimba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayrimbajungle, forest
2Proto-Malayic*rimba—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀimba—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian quCaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan →Every word from Proto-Malayic hutan →