Where does “sebaik” come from?

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

sebaik (Indonesian): as good as; as kind as; as nice as

Definitions

  1. as good as; as kind as; as nice as

Ancestry of “sebaik”, step by step

sebaik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian baik

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

via Indonesian se

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