Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bastaz

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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

References

  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)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 55
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