Where does “babi” come from?

babi (Toba Batak) comes from Proto-Batak *babuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuy, from Proto-Austronesian babuy — pig.

babi (Toba Batak): pig

Definitions

  1. pig

Ancestry of “babi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Batak*babuypig mammal of genus Sus
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbabuypig
3Proto-Austronesianbabuypig
Every word from Proto-Austronesian babuy →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian babuy →Every word from Proto-Batak *babuy →
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