Where does “pahat” come from?

pahat (Indonesian) comes from Malay pahat, from Proto-Malayic *pahət, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqət — chisel.

pahat (Indonesian): chisel: a cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end

Definitions

  1. chisel: a cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end

Ancestry of “pahat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypahatchisel
2Proto-Malayic*pahətchisel
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*paqətchisel
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqət
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