Where does “hutan” come from?

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

hutan (Proto-Malayic): forest

Definitions

  1. forest

Ancestry of “hutan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqutanscrubland; bush
2Proto-AustronesianquCaNscrubland; bush

Words derived from “hutan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian quCaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan →