Where does “batu kerikil” come from?

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

batu kerikil (Malay): gravel

Definitions

  1. gravel

Ancestry of “batu kerikil”, step by step

batu kerikil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay batu

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

via Malay kerikil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykerikil—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *batux →