Where does “kerbau” come from?

kerbau (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic kAr(ə)baw, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpiʔ.

kerbau (Malay): water buffalo

Definitions

  1. water buffalo

Ancestry of “kerbau”, step by step

kerbau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayic kAr(ə)baw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-MalayickAr(ə)baw—
2Proto-Mon-Khmer*krpiʔ—

via Proto-Malayo-Chamic *kər(ə)baw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Chamic*kər(ə)baw—

Words derived from “kerbau”

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpiʔ →Every word from Proto-Malayic kAr(ə)baw →