Where does “batu” come from?

batu (English) comes from Indonesian batu, from Malay batu, from Proto-Malayic batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batux — rock; stone.

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Definitions

  1. The drug methamphetamine hydrochloride, crystal...

Ancestry of “batu”, step by step

batu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian batu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbatustone
2Malaybatustone; mile
3Proto-Malayicbatustone
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbatustone
5Proto-Austronesian*batuxrock; stone

via Mongolian Бат

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MongolianБат—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *batux →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu →Every word from Proto-Malayic batu →