Middle English bace

← Old English bærs (inherited)

← English barse (link)

← Middle English base (alter)

← Middle English bars (alter)

← Middle English bærs (alter)

← Proto-Germanic *barsaz (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *bars (inherited)

→ English bass (inherited)

→ Middle English base (alter)

→ Middle English bas (alter)

→ Irish bas (borrowed)