bask
Definition of bask
wing, limb, carpus, arm, foreleg, department
Etymology
From Avestan bāzu- “limb, arm, foreleg”,
From PIE *bʰeh₂ǵʰú-s (*bʰāǵʰú-s),
Sanskrit bāhu,
Greek pakhys “forearm”,
Proto-Germanic *bogaz,
Old Norse bogr “shoulder”,
Old High German buog “upper part of the arm or leg”,
German Bug “shoulder, hock, joint”,
English bough “a main branch of a tree”,
Persian bāzū بازو "arm",
Armenian bazuk “arm” (a loan word from Parthian),
It also exists as a loan word in
Turkish pazu, bazu, pazı “limb”, pazubent “armband”.
Updated on August 30, 2023
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