Where does “batik” come from?

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

batik (Polish): batik

Definitions

  1. batik

Ancestry of “batik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbatikbatik
2Dutchbatik—
3Javanesebathika texture-picture drawing on a textile material...
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bətiktattoo
5Proto-Austronesian*bəCiktattoo

Words derived from “batik”

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