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
Ancestry of “bazelen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | bazen | to babble, to talk nonsense |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | basen | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | bason | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | basōn | to babble, talk nonsense |