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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/batizōną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *batizô + *-ōną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑ.ti.zɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*batizōną
- To make better; improve
Inflection
Conjugation of *batizōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *batizō | *batizǭ | — | *batizōi | *? |
| 2nd singular | *batizōsi | *batizōs | *batizō | *batizōsai | *batizōsau |
| 3rd singular | *batizōþi | *batizō | *batizōþau | *batizōþai | *batizōþau |
| 1st dual | *batizōs | *batizōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *batizōþiz | *batizōþiz | *batizōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *batizōmaz | *batizōm | — | *batizōnþai | *batizōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *batizōþ | *batizōþ | *batizōþ | *batizōnþai | *batizōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *batizōnþi | *batizōn | *batizōnþau | *batizōnþai | *batizōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *batizōdǭ | *batizōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *batizōdēz | *batizōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *batizōdē | *batizōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *batizōdēdū | *batizōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *batizōdēdudiz | *batizōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *batizōdēdum | *batizōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *batizōdēdud | *batizōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *batizōdēdun | *batizōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *batizōndz | *batizōdaz | |||
Descendants
- Old English: beterian, betrian
- Middle English: betren, bettren
- Scots: beter, better
- English: better
- Middle English: betren, bettren
- Old Frisian: beteria
- Saterland Frisian: bäterje
- West Frisian: betterje
- Old Saxon: betirōn, betorōn
- Middle Low German: bēteren
- German Low German: betern
- Middle Low German: bēteren
- Old Dutch: *betiron, *beteron
- Middle Dutch: beteren
- Dutch: beteren
- Middle Dutch: beteren
- Old High German: bezzirōn
- Middle High German: bezzeren, bezzern, pezzern
- German: bessern
- Middle High German: bezzeren, bezzern, pezzern
- Old Norse: betra
- Icelandic: betra
- Faroese: betra
- Norwegian:
- Nynorsk: betra, betre
- Bokmål: bedre
- Swedish: bättra
- Danish: bedre
- Gutnish: bättre, bättra