Where does “*batu” come from?

*batu (Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batux — rock; stone.

Ancestry of “*batu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*batu—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbatustone
3Proto-Austronesian*batuxrock; stone

Words derived from “*batu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *batux →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *batu →