Where does “kuku” come from?

kuku (Old Javanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian kuSkuS — nail.

kuku (Old Javanese): nail (anatomy)

Definitions

  1. nail (anatomy)

Ancestry of “kuku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankukuhnail
2Proto-AustronesiankuSkuSnail

Words derived from “kuku”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian kuSkuS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kukuh →