Where does “orangután” come from?
orangután (Spanish) comes from English orangutan, from Malay Orang Utan, from Dutch orang-oetan, from Malay orang hutan, from Indonesian hutan, from Malay hutan, from Proto-Malayic hutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan — scrubland; bush.
orangután (Spanish): orangutan
Ancestry of “orangután”, step by step
Words derived from “orangután”