Where does “basah” come from?

basah (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic *basah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian basəq, from Proto-Austronesian *baseq.

basah (Iban): wet of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid

Definitions

  1. wet of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid

Ancestry of “basah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*basahwet of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbasəqwet of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid
3Proto-Austronesian*baseq—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *baseq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian basəq →Every word from Proto-Malayic *basah →