Where does “kucing dahan” come from?

kucing dahan (Malay) comes from Malay dahan, from Proto-Malayic dahan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daqan, from Proto-Austronesian daqaN.

kucing dahan (Malay): marbled cat

Definitions

  1. marbled cat

Ancestry of “kucing dahan”, step by step

kucing dahan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay dahan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaydahanbranch
2Proto-Malayicdahanbranch
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandaqanbranch; old; ancient
4Proto-AustronesiandaqaN—

via Malay kucing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykucingcat
2Classical Malaykucingcat
3Proto-Austronesian*kutiŋ—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian daqaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian daqan →Every word from Proto-Malayic dahan →