Where does “babuy” come from?

babuy (Proto-Philippine) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuy, from Proto-Austronesian babuy — pig.

babuy (Proto-Philippine): pig

Definitions

  1. pig

Ancestry of “babuy”, step by step

babuy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbabuypig
2Proto-Austronesianbabuypig

via Proto-Oceanic *babuy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanic*babuy
2Austronesian*babuy

Words derived from “babuy

Every word from Proto-Austronesian babuyEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuy