Albanian edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

bosht m (plural boshte, definite boshti, definite plural boshtet)

  1. spindle, axis, axle

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “bosht”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 32-3