Where does “*bast” come from?

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

Ancestry of “*bast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbastrope, fibre
2Proto-Germanicbastazrope, fibre
3Proto-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 →