bosht

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bāsta, akin to Germanic *bōsta (cf.Old High German buost (“rope made of bast”)), *bastaz 'bast' and Latin fascis[1].

Noun

bosht m

  1. spindle, axis, axle
Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p. 32-33
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