Where does “*basah” come from?
*basah (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian basəq, from Proto-Austronesian *baseq.
Ancestry of “*basah”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | basəq | — |
| 2 | Proto-Austronesian | *baseq | — |