FromProto-Albanian*baskā, fromProto-Indo-European*bʰask-(“bundle”). Cognate toAncient Greekφάσκωλος(pháskōlos,“leathern bag, sack”),Ancient Macedonianβάσκιοι(báskioi,“fasces, bundle”),Latinfascis(“band, bundle”),Middle Irishbasc(“collar, neck chain”).
bashkë