Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bastaz

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

*bastaz m[1]

  1. rope, fibre

Inflection[edit]

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[edit]

  • Proto-West Germanic: *bast
    • Old English: bæst
      • Middle English: bast, baste
        • English: bast, bass
        • Scots: bass
    • Old Saxon: bast
    • Old Dutch: *bast
    • Old High German: bast

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*basta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 55
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