Where does “balikan” come from?

balikan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian balik, from Malay balik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik — to return; to repeat.

balikan (Indonesian): back

Definitions

  1. back

Ancestry of “balikan”, step by step

balikan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian balik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbalikbehind, rear, back-end
2Malaybalikback part, behind; to return, to turn
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*balikto return; to repeat

via Indonesian an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianan—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balik →