Proto-Germanic: *asta-z; *ōst=
Meaning: branch
Gothic: ast-s m. (a) `branch; palm branch, leafy branch'
Old English: ōst `Knorren'
Old Saxon: ast
Middle Dutch: ast
Dutch: oest `Knorren, Baumstumpf'
Middle Low German: ast
Old High German: ast `Ast, Zweig' (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: ast st. m. 'ast; querbalken des kreuzes, des galgens'
German: Ast m.
