Where does “kucing tapai” come from?

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

kucing tapai (Malay): rabbit

Definitions

  1. rabbit

Ancestry of “kucing tapai”, step by step

kucing tapai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay kucing

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

via Malay tapai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytapaitapai: a traditional Asian food made from fermented carbohydrate, such as rice or cassava
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantapayrice wine, yeast, fermented rice
3Proto-Austronesian*tapaJ—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *kutiŋ →Every word from Classical Malay kucing →Every word from Malay kucing →