Where does “basah” come from?

basah (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *basah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian basəq, from Proto-Austronesian *baseq.

basah (Malay): wet

Definitions

  1. wet

Ancestry of “basah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*basahwet of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbasəqwet of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid
3Proto-Austronesian*baseq—

Words derived from “basah”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *baseq →