Where does “bahasa” come from?

bahasa (Dutch) comes from Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा, from Sanskrit भाष.

bahasa (Dutch): Indonesian language

Definitions

  1. Indonesian language

Ancestry of “bahasa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybahasalanguage; decorum, appropriate social behavior
2Sanskritभाषाspeech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a...
3Sanskritभाष—
Every word from Sanskrit भाष →Every word from Sanskrit भाषा →Every word from Malay bahasa →