Middle English bast

← Old English bæst (inherited)

← English bast (link)

← English bast (link)

← Middle English baste (alter)

← Middle English baste (alter)

← Middle English baaste (alter)

← Middle English bastard (link)

← French bât (cognate)

← Old French bast (borrowed)

← Proto-Germanic *bastaz (inherited)

→ English bast (inherited)

→ Middle English bastard (affix)