Where does “baskom” come from?
baskom (Indonesian) comes from Dutch waskom, from Dutch wassen, from Dutch was, from Middle Dutch was, from Middle Dutch wassen, from Old Dutch wassan, from Proto-West Germanic wahsan, from Proto-Germanic wahsijaną.
baskom (Indonesian): washbasin
Definitions
- washbasin
Ancestry of “baskom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | waskom | washbasin |
| 2 | Dutch | wassen | to wash, to clean; to grow, to rise, to increase,... |
| 3 | Dutch | was | laundry, clothes that need to be washed, or just... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | was | first/third-person singular past indicative of... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | wassen | to grow, to wax; to increase |
| 6 | Old Dutch | wassan | to grow, to wax; to rise in level |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | wahsan | to grow |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wahsijaną | to grow |
| 9 | Indo-European | *h₂weks- | — |