bast
Faroese
/past/
noun
Definitions
- bast, raffia
- rope made of bast
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse bast (inner bark of trees from which ropes were made, bast) 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