Where does “bau” come from?
bau (Indonesian) comes from Malay bau, from Malay -i, from English -ee, from French -ée, from Middle French -ee, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.
bau (Indonesian): smell; A unit of measure for area on Java,...
Definitions
- smell; A unit of measure for area on Java,...
Ancestry of “bau”, step by step
bau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay bau
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | bau | smell; A unit of measure for area on Java,... |
| 2 | Malay | -i | locative, repetitive, or exhaustive; added to... |
| 3 | English | -ee | Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a... |
| 4 | French | -ée | Forming feminine nouns having the sense of... |
| 5 | Middle French | -ee | forms a feminine noun indicating a quantity or content measured by what the base noun denotes, often translatable as |
| 6 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -εῖος | Forms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |
via Javanese ꦧꦲꦸ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javanese | ꦧꦲꦸ | shoulder, upper arm |
| 2 | Pali | bāhu | arm; combining form of bahu |
| 3 | Sanskrit | बहु | much, many, frequent, abundant, numerous, great... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰaȷ́ʰúš | thick; abundant |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰénǵʰus | dense, thick |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰenǵʰ- | thick |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰen- | to beat, hit, injure; to hit, strike, injure; to... |