| Germ. | ast | branch |
| Dutch | neste | (prosth. /n/) branch |
| Lat. | hastile | branch |
| Lat. | hasta | javelin, thyrsus, staff, pole (of flag) |
| Ital. | asta | stem, handle, spear, staff of flag |
| Span.: And. | asta | horn (of the bull) |
| Ital. | Asta | a town north of Lucca |
| Ital. | Asti | a city situated on the axis Alessandria - Torino |
| Ital.: Trent. | Asta (Cima d') | an oronym |
| Span. | Asturias | a mountain range |
| Alb. | asht | bone: bony axis, cf. asgwr and oskrð7.1. |
| Anc.Greek | ostéon | id. |
| Anc.Greek | astragálos | vertebra of the neck; listel, convex moulding |
| Arm. | ost | branch |
| Lat. | ostium | door, cf. uscita et eschð7.4. |
| Lat. | Ister | the Danube |
| Ital. | Istria | a region (passage east-west) |
| Franç. | Istres | a town in the Bouches-du-Rhône Dept. |