Where does “lotong” come from?

lotong (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *lutuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lutuŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *luCuŋ — Formosan rock monkey (Macaca cyclopis).

lotong (Malay): black

Definitions

  1. black

Ancestry of “lotong”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*lutuŋlutung any of a group of Old World monkeys making up the genus
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*lutuŋFormosan rock monkey (Macaca cyclopis)
3Proto-Austronesian*luCuŋFormosan rock monkey (Macaca cyclopis)

Words derived from “lotong”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *luCuŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lutuŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayic *lutuŋ →