Where does “batang” come from?

batang (Malay) comes from Javanese ꦧꦛꦁ, from Old Javanese baṭaṅ, from Proto-Malayic bataŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bataŋ — tree trunk, fallen tree, log.

batang (Malay): a log; the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of...

Definitions

  1. a log; the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of...

Ancestry of “batang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javaneseꦧꦛꦁ{{l|en|corpse}}
2Old Javanesebaṭaṅa measure of capacity
3Proto-Malayicbataŋ—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbataŋtree trunk, fallen tree, log

Words derived from “batang”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bataŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayic bataŋ →Every word from Old Javanese baṭaṅ →