Where does “kuda umbal” come from?

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

kuda umbal (Sundanese): packhorse (horse used to carry goods)

Definitions

  1. packhorse (horse used to carry goods)

Ancestry of “kuda umbal”, step by step

kuda umbal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sundanese kuda

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

via Sundanese umbal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sundaneseumbal—
Every word from Proto-Dravidian *kut-ir-ay →Every word from Tamil குதிரை →Every word from Sundanese kuda →