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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Uncertain; suggested to be an alteration of Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- ~ *bʰasḱ- (“bundle, heap, load”), itself thought to be a substrate term adopted by multiple Indo-European branches (for which see Latin fascis (“bundle”) for more), but this is disputed.
Noun
*bast m
- rope, fibre
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*bast
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| Genitive
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*bastas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*bast
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*bastō, *bastōs
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| Accusative
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*bast
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*bastā
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| Genitive
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*bastas
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*bastō
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| Dative
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*bastē
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*bastum
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| Instrumental
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*bastu
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*bastum
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Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*basta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 55
