Where does “pat” come from?
pat (Bakung) comes from Proto-North Sarawak əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.
pat (Bakung): four
Ancestry of “pat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-North Sarawak | əpat | four |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | əpat | four |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | Səpat | four |