Where does “rusa kutub” come from?

rusa kutub (Malay) comes from Malay kutub, from Arabic قطب, from Arabic ط, from Nabataean 𐢋, from Classical Syriac ܛ, from Aramaic ט‬, from Aramaic 𐡈, from Egyptian 𓄤.

rusa kutub (Malay): reindeer

Definitions

  1. reindeer

Ancestry of “rusa kutub”, step by step

rusa kutub traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay kutub

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykutubpole
2Arabicقطبto gather, to collect; to mix the wine, to fill...
3Arabicطط
4Nabataean𐢋—
5Classical Syriacܛnumber nine
6Aramaicט‬—
7Aramaic𐡈A letter of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet, named teth, transliterated as Latin ṭ
8Egyptian𓄤—

via Malay rusa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayrusadeer; moose
2Proto-Malayic*rusaʔ—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*uʀsadeer
Every word from Egyptian 𓄤 →Every word from Aramaic 𐡈 →Every word from Aramaic ט‬ →