Where does “baszta” come from?

baszta (Polish) comes from Old Czech bašta, from Italian bastia, from Italian bastire, from Vulgar Latin *bastīre, from Frankish bastijan — to sew, weave; to weave, plait, sew; to plait,...

baszta (Polish): tower

Definitions

  1. tower

Ancestry of “baszta”, step by step

baszta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Czech bašta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechbaštabastion
2Italianbastiabastion
3ItalianbastireTo build, construct
4Vulgar Latin*bastīre—
5Frankishbastijanto sew, weave; to weave, plait, sew; to plait,...

via Hungarian baszik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbaszikto fuck
2Proto-Turkicbas-to press

Words derived from “baszta”

Every word from Frankish bastijan →Every word from Vulgar Latin *bastīre →Every word from Italian bastire →