baas
Afrikaans
/bɑːs/
noun
Definitions
- boss
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish baas (boss, master) inherited from Middle Dutch baes (master of a household, friend) inherited from Old Dutch *baso (kinsman, uncle) inherited from Proto-Germanic *baswô.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*baswô
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- baas English
- boss English
- baas Dutch, Flemish
- baasspeler Dutch, Flemish
- bazig Dutch, Flemish
- bazin Dutch, Flemish
- bovenbaas Dutch, Flemish
- breinbaas Dutch, Flemish
- eindbaas Dutch, Flemish
- huisbaas Dutch, Flemish
- koppelbaas Dutch, Flemish
- onderbaas Dutch, Flemish
- ploegbaas Dutch, Flemish
- spullenbaas Dutch, Flemish
- vechtersbaas Dutch, Flemish
- *baswô Proto-Germanic
- *baswǭ Proto-Germanic
- baes Middle Dutch
- baasspeler Afrikaans
- speler Afrikaans
- *baso Old Dutch
- ubasi Zulu
- bas Old Frisian