Where does “bast” come from?
bast (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse bast, from West Germanic *bast, from Proto-Indo-European bʰasḱ- — bundle, heap, load.
Ancestry of “bast”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | bast | bast, inner bark of trees from which ropes were... |
| 2 | West Germanic | *bast | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰasḱ- | bundle, heap, load |
Words derived from “bast”