Where does “Rusa” come from?

Rusa (Translingual) comes from Malay rusa, from Proto-Malayic *rusaʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀsa — deer.

Rusa (Translingual): genus

Definitions

  1. genus

Ancestry of “Rusa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayrusadeer; moose
2Proto-Malayic*rusaʔ—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*uʀsadeer
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀsa →Every word from Proto-Malayic *rusaʔ →Every word from Malay rusa →