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Where does “bazen” come from?

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

bazen (Dutch): to babble, to talk nonsense

Definitions

  1. to babble, to talk nonsense

Ancestry of “bazen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchbasen—
2Old Dutchbason—
3Proto-West Germanicbasōnto babble, talk nonsense

Words derived from “bazen”

  • bazelen
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