Where does “dikatakan” come from?

dikatakan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian kata, from Malay kata, from Pali kathā, from Sanskrit कथा, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH.

Ancestry of “dikatakan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiankataword
2Malaykataword
3Palikathāspeech, story, talk
4Sanskritकथाstory
5Proto-Indo-Iranian*kátʰaH
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH