Etymograph

English

Moses basket

From Moses + basket, after the biblical story of Moses being placed in a basket and set afloat on the Nile (Exodus 2:1-10).

Formed from Moses + basket

Ancient Greek Μωσῆς

Latin Mōsēs

English Moses

Anglo-Norman bascat

Middle English basket ‘a basket’

English basket

Today it means

noun A basket for holding a newborn, a kind of bassinet designed to be set upon a stand.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Moses basket