Where does “bás” come from?

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

bás (Old Irish): death

Definitions

  1. death

Ancestry of “bás”, step by step

bás traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic bostā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticbostāpalm, fist
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷosto-—

via Proto-Celtic bāstom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticbāstom—
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeh₂-to step

Words derived from “bás”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷosto- →Every word from Proto-Celtic bostā →