Where does “bahasa pasar” come from?

bahasa pasar (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian pasar, from Malay pasar, from Tamil பசார், from Classical Persian بازار, from Middle Persian wʾčʾl, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.

bahasa pasar (Indonesian): trade language, vehicular language

Definitions

  1. trade language, vehicular language

Ancestry of “bahasa pasar”, step by step

bahasa pasar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian pasar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianpasarmarket
2Malaypasarmarket
3Tamilபசார்—
4Classical Persianبازار—
5Middle Persianwʾčʾlmarket
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via Indonesian Bahasa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IndonesianBahasalanguage
2Malaybahasalanguage; decorum, appropriate social behavior
3Sanskritभाषाspeech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a...
4Sanskritभाष—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →Every word from Middle Persian wʾčʾl →Every word from Classical Persian بازار →