English
rattan
Rattan comes from Malay rotan, from raut ‘to trim, pare down’, and ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *rauC ‘peel rattan, bamboo’.
- Proto-Austronesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*rauC‘peel rattan, bamboo’reconstructed
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*raut‘peel rattan’reconstructed
- Malaymodernraut‘to trim, pare down’
- Malay, derivedmodernrotan
- Englishearliest quotation 1869rattan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Austronesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*rauC‘peel rattan, bamboo’reconstructed
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*raut‘peel rattan’reconstructed
- Malaymodernraut‘to trim, pare down’
- Malay, derivedmodernrotan
- Englishearliest quotation 1869rattan
Earliest quotation: 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago: “Then, how comparatively sweet was everything on board -…”
Every English word from Proto-Austronesian *rauC
Today it means
noun Any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Austronesian *rauC / rattan