Where does “kutu” come from?

kutu (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian kutu, from Austronesian *kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCux — louse insect.

kutu (Proto-Oceanic): louse generic

Definitions

  1. louse generic

Ancestry of “kutu”, step by step

kutu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian kutu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiankutu—
2Austronesian*kutu—
3Proto-Austronesian*kuCuxlouse insect

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kutu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankutulouse

via Proto-Austronesian *kutu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*kutu—

Words derived from “kutu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *kuCux →Every word from Austronesian *kutu →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian kutu →