Where does “*bukit” come from?

*bukit (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bukit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukij, from Proto-Austronesian *bukij — mountain.

*bukit (Proto-Malayic): hill elevated location

Definitions

  1. hill elevated location

Ancestry of “*bukit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Chamic*bukit—
2Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan*bukit—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bukij—
4Proto-Austronesian*bukijmountain

Words derived from “*bukit”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *bukij →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukij →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *bukit →