Where does “kucing Andes” come from?

kucing Andes (Malay) comes from Malay kucing, from Classical Malay kucing, from Proto-Austronesian *kutiŋ.

kucing Andes (Malay): Andean cat, Andean mountain cat

Definitions

  1. Andean cat, Andean mountain cat

Ancestry of “kucing Andes”, step by step

kucing Andes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay kucing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykucingcat
2Classical Malaykucingcat
3Proto-Austronesian*kutiŋ—

via Malay Andes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayAndesAndes
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *kutiŋ →Every word from Classical Malay kucing →Every word from Malay kucing →