Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bastaz

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Proto-Germanic

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Etymology

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

Noun

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*bastaz m[1]

  1. rope, fibre

Inflection

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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

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  • 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

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