Where does “kuto” come from?

kuto (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Philippine kutu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kutu, from Proto-Austronesian *kuCux — louse insect.

kuto (Tagalog): louse; sound created by the stomach or rice being...

Definitions

  1. louse; sound created by the stomach or rice being...

Ancestry of “kuto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippinekutulouse
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankutulouse
3Proto-Austronesian*kuCuxlouse insect

Words derived from “kuto”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *kuCux →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kutu →Every word from Proto-Philippine kutu →