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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bast
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bastaz.
Noun
*bast m
- rope, fibre
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *bast | |
Genitive | *bastas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *bast | *bastō, *bastōs |
Accusative | *bast | *bastā |
Genitive | *bastas | *bastō |
Dative | *bastē | *bastum |
Instrumental | *bastu | *bastum |
Descendants
- Old English: bæst
- Middle English: bast, baste
- English: bast, bass
- Scots: bass
- Middle English: bast, baste
- Old Saxon: bast
- Middle Low German: bast
- → Old Norse: bast
- Faroese: bast
- Old Swedish: bast
- Swedish: bast
- Old Danish: bast
- Danish: bast
- → Old Norse: bast
- Middle Low German: bast
- Old Dutch: *bast
- Middle Dutch: bast
- Dutch: bast
- Middle Dutch: bast
- Old High German: bast
- German: Bast