Where does “basen” come from?
basen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch bason, from Proto-West Germanic basōn — to babble, talk nonsense.
Ancestry of “basen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | bason | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | basōn | to babble, talk nonsense |
Words derived from “basen”