Where does “batik” come from?

batik (Timugon Murut) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətik, from Proto-Austronesian *bəCik — tattoo.

batik (Timugon Murut): to write

Definitions

  1. to write

Ancestry of “batik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bətiktattoo
2Proto-Austronesian*bəCiktattoo
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *bəCik →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bətik →