Where does “bilik” come from?

bilik (Indonesian) comes from Malay bilik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bilik — room.

bilik (Indonesian): woven bamboo

Definitions

  1. woven bamboo

Ancestry of “bilik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalaybilikA room division in a building
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bilikroom

Words derived from “bilik”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bilik →Every word from Malay bilik →