Where does “batu” come from?

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

batu (Proto-Malayic): stone

Definitions

  1. stone

Ancestry of “batu”, step by step

batu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian batu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbatustone
2Proto-Austronesian*batuxrock; stone

via Austronesian *batu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Austronesian*batu—

Words derived from “batu”

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