Where does “kakaktua” come from?

kakaktua (Malay) comes from Malay tua, from Classical Malay tua, from Malay tuha, from Proto-Malayic tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan tuha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)tuqah, from Proto-Austronesian (ma-)tuqaS — old.

kakaktua (Malay): cockatoo; pincers

Definitions

  1. cockatoo; pincers

Ancestry of “kakaktua”, step by step

kakaktua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay tua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytuaold; ripe
2Classical Malaytuaold; ripe
3MalaytuhaObsolete form of tua
4Proto-Malayictuha—
5Proto-Malayo-Chamictuha—
6Proto-Malayo-Sumbawantuha—
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)tuqahold
8Proto-Austronesian(ma-)tuqaSold

via Malay kakak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykakaksister; sibling; brother
2Proto-Malayickakaʔ—
3Proto-Oceanic*kaka—

Words derived from “kakaktua”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian (ma-)tuqaS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)tuqah →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan tuha →