Where does “kuda pamacek” come from?

kuda pamacek (Sundanese) comes from Sundanese kuda, from Tamil குதிரை, from Proto-Dravidian *kut-ir-ay.

kuda pamacek (Sundanese): stallion, male stud horse male horse kept for breeding

Definitions

  1. stallion, male stud horse male horse kept for breeding

Ancestry of “kuda pamacek”, step by step

kuda pamacek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sundanese kuda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sundanesekudahorse
2Tamilகுதிரைhorse; knight
3Proto-Dravidian*kut-ir-ay—

via Sundanese pamacek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sundanesepamaceksire; stud (A male animal (e.g. cows, horses, chickens, etc.) kept for breeding.)
2Sundanesepa-noun-forming suffix
3Proto-Austronesianpa-causative prefix
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *kut-ir-ay →Every word from Tamil குதிரை →Every word from Sundanese kuda →