Where does “Batik” come from?
Batik (German) comes from Dutch batik, from Javanese bathik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətik, from Proto-Austronesian *bəCik.
Batik (German): batik
Ancestry of “Batik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | batik | — |
| 2 | Javanese | bathik | a texture-picture drawing on a textile material... |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *bətik | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *bəCik | — |
Words derived from “Batik”