Where does “pat” come from?

pat (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic *pahət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqət — chisel.

pat (Iban): chisel

Definitions

  1. chisel

Ancestry of “pat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*pahətchisel
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*paqətchisel
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqət