Where does “ฮีตับ” come from?

ฮีตับ (Urak Lawoi') comes from Proto-Malayic hitəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qitəm — black.

ฮีตับ (Urak Lawoi'): black absorbing all light

Definitions

  1. black absorbing all light

Ancestry of “ฮีตับ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayichitəmblack
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqitəmblack
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qitəm →Every word from Proto-Malayic hitəm →