Where does “ikan bettah” come from?

ikan bettah (Malay) comes from Malay ikan, from Proto-Malayic ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hikan, from Proto-Austronesian Sikan — fish.

Ancestry of “ikan bettah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayikanfish
2Proto-Malayicikanfish
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhikanfish
4Proto-AustronesianSikanfish

Words derived from “ikan bettah”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sikan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hikan →Every word from Proto-Malayic ikan →