Where does “kutu” come from?
kutu (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian kutu, from Austronesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCux.
Ancestry of “kutu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | kutu | — |
| 2 | Austronesian | *kutu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | *kuCux | — |
Words derived from “kutu”