Where does “batu bata” come from?

batu bata (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian batu, from Malay batu, from Proto-Malayic batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batux — rock; stone.

batu bata (Indonesian): brick: a hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building

Definitions

  1. brick: a hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building

Ancestry of “batu bata”, step by step

batu bata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian batu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbatustone
2Malaybatustone; mile
3Proto-Malayicbatustone
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbatustone
5Proto-Austronesian*batuxrock; stone

via Malay batu bata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybatu batabrick
2Irishbata-batho-; bathy-
3Ancient Greekβαθύςbeing a large vertical distance from: high, deep;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeh₂dʰ-to sink, submerge; to tread, wade
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *batux →