Where does “baiklah” come from?

baiklah (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian baik, from Malay baik, from Proto-Malayic *bait.

baiklah (Indonesian): all right; alright (used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance)

Definitions

  1. all right; alright (used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance)

Ancestry of “baiklah”, step by step

baiklah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian baik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbaikgood; decent; okay
2Malaybaikgood; okay; decent
3Proto-Malayic*bait—

via Indonesian lah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianlah—
Every word from Proto-Malayic *bait →Every word from Malay baik →Every word from Indonesian baik →
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