Where does “basah” come from?
basah (Indonesian) comes from Malay basah, from Proto-Malayic *basah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian basəq, from Proto-Austronesian *baseq.
basah (Indonesian): wet
Ancestry of “basah”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | basah | wet |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | *basah | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | basəq | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *baseq | — |