Where does “paassaʼ” come from?
paassaʼ (Makasar) comes from Makasar assaʼ, from Dutch aas, from Dutch ase, from Middle Dutch âes, from Old Dutch ās, from Proto-West Germanic *ās, from Proto-Germanic ēsą, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēdsto- — eaten.
paassaʼ (Makasar): a dyer someone whose job is to press cloth into an indigo dye vat
Definitions
- a dyer someone whose job is to press cloth into an indigo dye vat