Where does “ikat” come from?

ikat (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic *ikət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikət, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikət.

ikat (Iban): ikat (a style of weaving)

Definitions

  1. ikat (a style of weaving)

Ancestry of “ikat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*ikətto tie up; to fasten
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*hikət—
3Proto-Austronesian*Sikət—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *Sikət →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikət →Every word from Proto-Malayic *ikət →