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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/batēn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *batjaną.
Verb
*batēn[1]
- to become better
Inflection
| Class 3 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *batēn | |
| Infinitive | *batēn | |
| Genitive infin. | *batēnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *batēnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *batēniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *batē | *bat?dā |
| 2nd singular | *batēs | *bat?dēs, *bat?dēs |
| 3rd singular | *batēþ | *bat?dē, *bat?dā |
| 1st plural | *batēm | *bat?dum |
| 2nd plural | *batēþ | *bat?dud |
| 3rd plural | *batēnþ | *bat?dun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *batē | *bat?dī |
| 2nd singular | *batēs | *bat?dī |
| 3rd singular | *batē | *bat?dī |
| 1st plural | *batēm | *bat?dīm |
| 2nd plural | *batēþ | *bat?dīd |
| 3rd plural | *batēn | *bat?dīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *batē | |
| Plural | *batēþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *batēndī | *bat?d |
Descendants
- Old English: batian
- Middle English: *baten
- Scots: bat
- ⇒ Middle English: batful, badful
- English: batful
- ⇒ Old English: *batol
- Middle English: *batel
- English: batell, battle
- Scots: baittle, bettle
- Middle English: *batel
- Middle English: *baten
- Old Frisian: batia
- Saterland Frisian: baatje
- West Frisian: bate, baatsje
- Old Saxon: *batōn
- Middle Low German: baten
- Low German: batten
- Middle Low German: baten
- Old Dutch: *batēn, *batōn
- Middle Dutch: baten
- Dutch: baten
- Middle Dutch: baten
- Old High German: bazzēn
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 191: “PWGmc *batē-”