Where does “kulit” come from?

kulit (Tetum) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kulit, from Proto-Austronesian kuliC — rind.

kulit (Tetum): skin

Definitions

  1. skin

Ancestry of “kulit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankulitskin
2Proto-AustronesiankuliCrind
Every word from Proto-Austronesian kuliC
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