Where does “kucing batu” come from?

kucing batu (Malay) comes from Malay batu, from Proto-Malayic batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batux — rock; stone.

kucing batu (Malay): leopard cat

Definitions

  1. leopard cat

Ancestry of “kucing batu”, step by step

kucing batu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay batu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybatustone; mile
2Proto-Malayicbatustone
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbatustone
4Proto-Austronesian*batuxrock; stone

via Malay kucing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykucingcat
2Classical Malaykucingcat
3Proto-Austronesian*kutiŋ—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *batux →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu →Every word from Proto-Malayic batu →