Where does “baek” come from?

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

baek (Peranakan Indonesian): good

Definitions

  1. good

Ancestry of “baek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybaikgood; okay; decent
2Proto-Malayic*bait—
Every word from Proto-Malayic *bait →Every word from Malay baik →
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