Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bastaz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bastaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain; suggested to be an alteration of Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- ~ *bʰasḱ- (“bundle, heap, load”), but this is disputed.[1]

Noun

*bastaz m[1]

1. rope, fibre

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *bastaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bastaz	*bastōz, *bastōs
vocative	*bast	*bastōz, *bastōs
accusative	*bastą	*bastanz
genitive	*bastas, *bastis	*bastǫ̂
dative	*bastai	*bastamaz
instrumental	*bastō	*bastamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *bast
  • Old English: bæst
    • Middle English: bast, baste
      • English: bast, bass
      • Scots: bass
  • Old Saxon: bast
    • Middle Low German: bast
      • → Old Norse: bast
        • Faroese: bast
        • Old Swedish: bast
          • Swedish: bast
        • Old Danish: bast
          • Danish: bast
  • Old Dutch: *bast
    • Middle Dutch: bast
      • Dutch: bast
  • Old High German: bast
    • German: Bast

References

1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*basta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 55