Where does “kucing Borneo” come from?

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

kucing Borneo (Malay): Bornean cat, bay cat

Definitions

  1. Bornean cat, bay cat

Ancestry of “kucing Borneo”, step by step

kucing Borneo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay kucing

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

via Malay Borneo

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