Where does “balik” come from?

balik (Ilocano) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik — to return; to repeat.

balik (Ilocano): turn

Definitions

  1. turn

Ancestry of “balik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*balikto return; to repeat
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik →