Where does “bazelen” come from?

bazelen (Dutch) comes from Dutch bazen, from Middle Dutch basen, from Old Dutch bason, from Proto-West Germanic basōn — to babble, talk nonsense.

bazelen (Dutch): to babble, twaddle

Definitions

  1. to babble, twaddle

Ancestry of “bazelen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbazento babble, to talk nonsense
2Middle Dutchbasen—
3Old Dutchbason—
4Proto-West Germanicbasōnto babble, talk nonsense
Every word from Proto-West Germanic basōn →Every word from Old Dutch bason →Every word from Middle Dutch basen →