Where does “babirusa” come from?

babirusa (Spanish) comes from Malay babirusa, from Indonesian babi, from Malay babi, from Proto-Malayic babi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuy, from Proto-Austronesian babuy — pig.

babirusa (Spanish): babirusa

Definitions

  1. babirusa

Ancestry of “babirusa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalaybabirusaBuru babirusa, Babyrousa babyrussa
2Indonesianbabipig; a swear word
3Malaybabipig; a contemptible person; a swear word
4Proto-Malayicbabipig
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbabuypig
6Proto-Austronesianbabuypig
Every word from Proto-Austronesian babuy →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuy →Every word from Proto-Malayic babi →