Where does “baikan” come from?
baikan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian baik, from Malay baik, from Proto-Malayic *bait.
baikan (Indonesian): improvement
Definitions
- improvement
Ancestry of “baikan”, step by step
baikan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian baik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | baik | good; decent; okay |
| 2 | Malay | baik | good; okay; decent |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | *bait | — |
via Indonesian an
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | an | — |