Bash
mid 17th century (as a verb): imitative, perhaps a blend of bang1 and smash, dash, etc.
wiktionary
From a borrowing of Old Norse *baska(“to strike”), akin to Swedish basa(“to baste, whip, lash, flog”), Danish baske(“to beat, strike, cudgel”), German patschen(“to slap”) [1].
From Middle English baschen, baissen. See abash.
etymonline
bash (v.)
"to strike violently," 1640s, perhaps of Scandinavian origin, from Old Norse *basca "to strike" (cognate with or otherwise related to Swedish basa "to baste, whip, flog, lash," Danish baske "to beat, strike, cudgel"); or the whole group might be independently derived and echoic. Figurative sense of "abuse verbally or in writing" is from 1948. Related: Bashed; bashing.
bash (n.)
"a heavy blow," 1805, from bash (v.). Meaning "an attempt" is attested by 1945. On a bash "on a drunken spree" is slang from 1901, which gave the word its sense of "a wild party."
