Where does “ikat” come from?
ikat (English) comes from Malay ikat, from Proto-Malayic *ikət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikət, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikət.
ikat (English): A style of weaving that uses a process similar to...
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- A style of weaving that uses a process similar to...
Ancestry of “ikat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | ikat | ikat; frame; to tie; to bind |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | *ikət | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *hikət | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *Sikət | — |