Where does “butuh” come from?

butuh (Sundanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian butuq, from Proto-Austronesian buCuq — testicles.

butuh (Sundanese): to need

Definitions

  1. to need

Ancestry of “butuh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbutuqtesticles
2Proto-AustronesianbuCuqtesticles
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buCuq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian butuq →