Where does “bás” come from?

bás (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish bás, from Proto-Celtic bostā, from Proto-Indo-European gʷosto-.

bás (Middle Irish): death

Definitions

  1. death

Ancestry of “bás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishbásdeath
2Proto-Celticbostāpalm, fist
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷosto-—

Words derived from “bás”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷosto- →Every word from Proto-Celtic bostā →Every word from Old Irish bás →