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

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