Where does “tuhut” come from?

tuhut (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *tuət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuhud, from Proto-Austronesian tuduS — knee.

tuhut (Malay): knee

Definitions

  1. knee

Ancestry of “tuhut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*tuət—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantuhudknee
3Proto-AustronesiantuduSknee
Every word from Proto-Austronesian tuduS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuhud →Every word from Proto-Malayic *tuət →