Where does “batang” come from?

batang (Classical Malay) comes from Malay batang, from Javanese ꦧꦛꦁ, from Old Javanese baṭaṅ, from Proto-Malayic bataŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bataŋ — tree trunk, fallen tree, log.

batang (Classical Malay): a log; the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of...

Definitions

  1. a log; the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of...

Ancestry of “batang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybatanga log; the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of...
2Javaneseꦧꦛꦁ{{l|en|corpse}}
3Old Javanesebaṭaṅa measure of capacity
4Proto-Malayicbataŋ—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbataŋtree trunk, fallen tree, log
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bataŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayic bataŋ →Every word from Old Javanese baṭaṅ →