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