Where does “basa” come from?

basa (Javanese) comes from Old Javanese bhāṣa, from Sanskrit भाषा, from Sanskrit भाष.

basa (Javanese): speech; language; polite or "krama" register

Definitions

  1. speech; language; polite or "krama" register

Ancestry of “basa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javanesebhāṣaspeech
2Sanskritभाषाspeech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a...
3Sanskritभाष—
Every word from Sanskrit भाष →Every word from Sanskrit भाषा →Every word from Old Javanese bhāṣa →