Where does “kabotohan” come from?

kabotohan (Old Javanese) comes from Old Javanese botoh, from Old Javanese toh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taʀuq — to store, put away for safekeeping, hide valuables.

kabotohan (Old Javanese): gambling house

Definitions

  1. gambling house

Ancestry of “kabotohan”, step by step

kabotohan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Javanese botoh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesebotohto bet; to wager; gambler
2Old Javanesetohpledge, stake: That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaʀuqto store, put away for safekeeping, hide valuables

via Old Javanese ka- -(a)n

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javaneseka- -(a)n—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taʀuq →Every word from Old Javanese toh →Every word from Old Javanese botoh →