bast
English
/bæst/
noun
Definitions
- Fibre made from the phloem of certain plants and used for matting and cord.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bast (illegitimacy) inherited from Old English bæst (bast, inner bark of trees from which ropes were made, inner bark of the linden tree) inherited from Proto-Germanic *bastaz (bast, rope) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- (bundle, band).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰask-
Gloss
bundle, band
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bastard English
- bastard-dom English
- bastardhood English
- bastarding English
- bastardise English
- bastardish English
- bastardism English
- bastardization English
- bastardize English
- bastardless English
- bastardlike English
- bastardling English
- bastardly English
- bastardness English
- bastardry English
- bastardship English
- *facus Latin
- *fascellus Latin
- fasciatim Latin
- fascis Latin
- Bast German
- Baumbast German
- basten German
- bastfarben German
- fagotto Italian
- fascio Italian
- fascismo Italian
- bast Dutch, Flemish
- boombast Dutch, Flemish
- φάκελος Ancient Greek
- *bʰask- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰasko Proto-Indo-European
- *bastaz Proto-Germanic
- bast Swedish
- bæst Old English
- bast Middle English
- bastard Middle English
- baste Middle English
- bast Old Norse
- fais Old French
- feix Catalan, Valencian
- bast Middle Dutch
- bast Old High German
- bashkoj Albanian
- bashkë Albanian
- פֿייגעלע Yiddish
- feixe Old Portuguese
- *baski Proto-Celtic
- *baski- Proto-Celtic
- *baskis Proto-Celtic
- bast Old Swedish
- bastet Tok Pisin
- *baśkā Proto-Albanian
- faxo Aragonese