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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/batnaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *bataz (“good”) + *-naną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑt.nɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*batnaną
- to get better
Inflection
Conjugation of *batnaną (weak class 4)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *batnō | *batnaų | — | — | — |
| 2nd singular | *batnōsi | *batnais | *batnō | — | — |
| 3rd singular | *batnōþi | *batnai | *batnōþau | — | — |
| 1st dual | *batnōs | *batnaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *batnaþiz | *batnaiþiz | *batnaþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *batnamaz | *batnaim | — | — | — |
| 2nd plural | *batnaþ | *batnaiþ | *batnaþ | — | — |
| 3rd plural | *batnanþi | *batnain | *batnanþau | — | — |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *batnōdǭ | *batnōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *batnōdēz | *batnōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *batnōdē | *batnōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *batnōdēdū | *batnōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *batnōdēdudiz | *batnōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *batnōdēdum | *batnōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *batnōdēdud | *batnōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *batnōdēdun | *batnōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *batnandz | — | |||
Related terms
- *bataz
- *batizô
Descendants
- Old Norse: batna
- Icelandic: batna
- Faroese: batna
- Old Swedish: batna
- Elfdalian: battn
- → Middle English: *battenen, *batnen
- English: batten
- Scots: batten
- Gothic: *𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌽𐌰𐌽 (*batnan) (in 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌽𐌰𐌽 (gabatnan))
References
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 260