Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baitō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split; separate; sunder; cleave”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑi̯.tɔː/

Noun

*baitō f

That which is or can be bitten; food; bait

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *baitō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*baitō	*baitôz
vocative	*baitō	*baitôz
accusative	*baitǭ	*baitōz
genitive	*baitōz	*baitǫ̂
dative	*baitōi	*baitōmaz
instrumental	*baitō	*baitōmiz

Related terms

*baitaz
*baitijaną
*baitilaz
*baitislą
*baitōną
*bītaną

Descendants

Old English: bāt; (ġebǣte)
- Middle English: bat
→ Old French: abeter
- → Galician: abeto
Old High German: beiza; *beiz
- Middle High German: beize; beiz
  - German: Beiße (obsolete); Beize (influenced by beizen)
    - → Dutch: beits
  - Luxembourgish: Beez
Old Norse: beita; beit; beiti
- Icelandic: beita; beit
- Faroese: (beiti)
- Norwegian: beita; (beite)
- Old Swedish: bēt
  - Swedish: bet
- Old Danish: bēd; bed
- Westrobothnian: bäit, bait, bajt, kvalbeit
- → Scots: betek; bet (Shetlandic)
- → Middle English: bayte, beite, baite, beit
  - Scots: bait
  - English: bait