Where does “bast” come from?

bast (Faroese) comes from Old Norse bast, from West Germanic *bast, from Proto-Indo-European bʰasḱ- — bundle, heap, load.

bast (Faroese): bast, raffia; rope made of bast; supine of basa

Definitions

  1. bast, raffia; rope made of bast; supine of basa

Ancestry of “bast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebastbast, inner bark of trees from which ropes were...
2West Germanic*bast—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰasḱ-bundle, heap, load
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰasḱ- →Every word from West Germanic *bast →Every word from Old Norse bast →