Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baitaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*baitą (North Germanic)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to break, split”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑi̯.tɑz/

Noun

*baitaz m[1]

boat, ship
Synonyms: *keulaz, *skipą

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *baitaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*baitaz	baitōz, baitōs
vocative	*bait	baitōz, baitōs
accusative	*baitą	*baitanz
genitive	baitas, baitis	*baitǫ̂
dative	*baitai	*baitamaz
instrumental	*baitō	*baitamiz

Related terms

*baitō
*bītaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *bait
- Old English: bāt
  - Middle English: bot, bate, bat; bote, boot, boet, boyt, bootte, boote
    - English: boat (see there for further descendants)
    - Scots: bate, bait
    - → Middle Dutch: boot
      - Dutch: boot
        Afrikaans: boot
    - → Middle Low German: bōt
      - Low German: Boot
      - Plautdietsch: Boot
      - → German: Boot
    - → North Frisian: böötj
    - → Saterland Frisian: Boot
    - → West Frisian: boat
    - → Catalan: bot
    - → Galician: bote
    - → Old French: bot
      - → Portuguese: bote
    - → Spanish: bote
      - → Cebuano: bote
  - → Old Norse: bátr (see there for further descendants)
  - → Old French: batel (see there for further descendants)
  - → Middle Irish: bát
    - Irish: bád
    - Scottish Gaelic: bàta
    - Manx: baatey
  - → Latin: battus
  - → Welsh: bad
- Old Dutch: *bēt
  - ⇒ Old Dutch: *beitil (diminutive)
    - Middle Dutch: beitel
Old Norse: beit
- Icelandic: beit

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*baita-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 48

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*baita-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 48