Where does “utang” come from?

utang (North Moluccan Malay) comes from Malay hutan, from Proto-Malayic hutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan, from Proto-Austronesian quCaN — scrubland; bush.

utang (North Moluccan Malay): debt; an amount of money one owes someone else

Definitions

  1. debt; an amount of money one owes someone else

Ancestry of “utang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayhutanforest
2Proto-Malayichutanforest
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqutanscrubland; bush
4Proto-AustronesianquCaNscrubland; bush
Every word from Proto-Austronesian quCaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan →Every word from Proto-Malayic hutan →