Where does “орангутан” come from?

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

орангутан (Serbo-Croatian): orangutan

Definitions

  1. orangutan

Ancestry of “орангутан”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayhutanforest
2Proto-Malayichutanforest
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqutanscrubland; bush
4Proto-AustronesianquCaNscrubland; bush
Every word from Proto-Austronesian quCaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan →Every word from Proto-Malayic hutan →