Where does “bast” come from?

bast (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch *bast, from Proto-West Germanic bast, from Proto-Germanic bastaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰask- — bundle, band.

bast (Middle Dutch): lust, heat

Definitions

  1. lust, heat

Ancestry of “bast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch*bast—
2Proto-West Germanicbastrope, fibre
3Proto-Germanicbastazrope, fibre
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰask-bundle, band

Words derived from “bast”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰask- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bastaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bast →