Where does “bathik” come from?

bathik (Javanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətik, from Proto-Austronesian *bəCik — tattoo.

bathik (Javanese): a texture-picture drawing on a textile material...

Definitions

  1. a texture-picture drawing on a textile material...

Ancestry of “bathik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bətiktattoo
2Proto-Austronesian*bəCiktattoo

Words derived from “bathik”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *bəCik →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətik →