Where does “dikatakan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “dikatakan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaykataword
2Palikathāspeech, story, talk
3Sanskritकथाstory
4Proto-Indo-Iranian*kátʰaH—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kátʰaH →Every word from Sanskrit कथा →Every word from Pali kathā →
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