Proto-Indo-European

*bʰask-

‘bundle’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *bʰask-.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰask-, most familiar first.

• pack ← pak ← pak ← *pakko ← *pakkō
• basin ← basyn ← bacin ← *baccinum ← bacca
• basket ← bascat ← bascauda ← *baskis
• packing ← pakkynge ← pakken ← pak ← *pæcca
• packer ← pakkere ← pakken ← pak ← *pæcca
• bast ← bæst
• baste ← basten ← basser ← bacin ← *baccinum

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰask-