Where does “kebasahan” come from?
kebasahan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian basah, from Malay basah, from Proto-Malayic *basah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian basəq, from Proto-Austronesian *baseq.
kebasahan (Indonesian): to be getting wet
Definitions
- to be getting wet
Ancestry of “kebasahan”, step by step
kebasahan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian basah
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | basah | wet |
| 2 | Malay | basah | wet |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | *basah | wet of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | basəq | wet of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | *baseq | — |
via Indonesian ke- -an
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | ke- -an | ness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)" |
| 2 | Malay | ke- -an | ness; appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of (the adjective)", "the quality of (the adjective)", or "the measure of (the adjective)" |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | *kə- -an | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *ka- -an | — |