Bast

Concepts

bast

heartwood

inner bark

velvet

soft leather

Synonyms

Rindenbast

Translations

liber

bast

entrecasca

raphia

liber

scorza

corteccia

líber

liber

elyaf

lif

kitabiye

لحاء

ıhlamur iç kabuğu

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bast/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: -

Inherited from Old High German: bast

In summary

From Middle High German and Old High German bast (“inner bark of trees”), probably related to besten (“to strap”), from Proto-West Germanic *bastijan (“to plait, sew, weave”).