Where does “votik” come from?

votik (Coastal Kadazan) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətik, from Proto-Austronesian *bəCik — tattoo.

votik (Coastal Kadazan): color

Definitions

  1. color

Ancestry of “votik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bətiktattoo
2Proto-Austronesian*bəCiktattoo
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *bəCik →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətik →