English
kanchil
Kanchil comes from Malay kancil ‘chevrotain, mousedeer’.
- Malaymodernkancil‘chevrotain, mousedeer’
- Englishtodaykanchil
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Malaymodernkancil‘chevrotain, mousedeer’
- Englishtodaykanchil
Every English word from Malay kancil
Today it means
noun A small, agile chevrotain of the genus Tragulus, especially Tragulus kanchil (lesser mouse-deer).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Malay kancil / kanchil