Where does “bagaikan” come from?

bagaikan (Malay) comes from Malay bagai, from Haitian Creole bagay, from French bagage, from Old Norse baggi, from Proto-Indo-European bʰak-.

bagaikan (Malay): like; as; similar to used to compare two things

Definitions

  1. like; as; similar to used to compare two things

Ancestry of “bagaikan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybagailike
2Haitian Creolebagaything
3Frenchbagagebaggage; luggage
4Old Norsebaggibag, pack, satchel, bundle
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰak-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰak- →