bast

bast · noun¹

1. substrate · derived from
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰask-
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*bast
4. Old English · inherited frombæst“bast, inner bark of trees from which ropes were made”
5. Middle English · inherited frombast
6. English todaybast

From Middle English bast, from Old English bæst (“bast, inner bark of trees from which ropes were made”), from Proto-West Germanic *bast (compare the Swedish bast, Dutch bast, German Bast), perhaps an alteration of Proto-Indo-European *bʰask-, *bʰasḱ- (“bundle”) (compare English basket, Middle Irish basc (“necklace”), Latin fascis (“bundle”), Albanian bashkë (“tied, linked”)), though this is likely a substrate word and/or Wanderwort.

bast · noun, adjective²

1. Middle English · derived frombastard
2. Middle English · inherited frombast
3. English todaybast

From Middle English bast, from a back-formation of Middle English bastard.

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