Where does “balok” come from?

balok (Toba Batak) comes from Proto-Batak *baləg, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baləj — boundary, border.

balok (Toba Batak): boundary, border

Definitions

  1. boundary, border

Ancestry of “balok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Batak*baləgboundary
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*baləjboundary, border
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baləj →Every word from Proto-Batak *baləg →