Where does “basah” come from?

basah (Old Javanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian basəq, from Proto-Austronesian *baseq.

basah (Old Javanese): wet

Definitions

  1. wet

Ancestry of “basah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbasəqwet of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid
2Proto-Austronesian*baseq—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *baseq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian basəq →