Where does “batu” come from?
batu (Indonesian) comes from Malay batu, from Proto-Malayic batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batux.
batu (Indonesian): stone
Ancestry of “batu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | batu | stone; mile |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | batu | stone |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | batu | stone |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *batux | — |