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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baitaz
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) | |||
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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
- Dutch: 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
- Middle English: bot, bate, bat; bote, boot, boet, boyt, bootte, boote
- Old Dutch: *bēt
- ⇒ Old Dutch: *beitil (diminutive)
- Middle Dutch: beitel
- ⇒ Old Dutch: *beitil (diminutive)
- Old English: bāt
- 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