Where does “sebatang” come from?

sebatang (Malay) comes from Malay se, from Malay ĕsă, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.

sebatang (Malay): one log

Definitions

  1. one log

Ancestry of “sebatang”, step by step

sebatang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay se

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayseone
2MalayĕsăObsolete spelling of esa
3Proto-Malayicəsa—
4Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa—
5Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
7Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
8Proto-Oceanic*isa—

via Malay batang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybatanga log; the trunk of a dead tree, cleared of...
2Javaneseꦧꦛꦁ{{l|en|corpse}}
3Old Javanesebaṭaṅa measure of capacity
4Proto-Malayicbataŋ—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbataŋtree trunk, fallen tree, log
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *əsa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa →