bask
English
/bɑːsk/, /bæsk/
verb
Definitions
- To bathe in warmth; to be exposed to pleasant heat.
- (figurative) To take great pleasure or satisfaction; to feel warmth or happiness. (This verb is usually followed by "in").
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse baðask (take a bath, baoneself) derived from Proto-Germanic *baþōną (bathe, wash) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (warm, heat up, bathe).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰeh₁-
Gloss
warm, heat up, bathe
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
温, 暖
Emoji
🌡️ ☀️ 🌞 🌵
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abask English
- basketh English
- bathe English
- batheable English
- bather English
- bathing English
- bebathe English
- dustbathe English
- embathe English
- firebathe English
- forbathe English
- imbathe English
- moonbathe English
- sandbathe English
- starbathe English
- sunbathe English
- *bʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *baþą Proto-Germanic
- *baþōną Proto-Germanic
- *bēaną Proto-Germanic
- baðian Old English
- baþian Old English
- beþian Old English
- bathen Middle English
- bað Old Norse
- baða Old Norse
- baðask Old Norse
- badon Old High German
- badōn Old High German
- bathon Old Dutch
- багръ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- *bathia Old Frisian