Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/baþ

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baþą.

Noun

*baþ n[1]

bath

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*baþ
Genitive	*baþas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*baþ	*baþu
Accusative	*baþ	*baþu
Genitive	*baþas	*baþō
Dative	*baþē	*baþum
Instrumental	*baþu	*baþum

Derived terms

*baþōn

Descendants

Old English: bæþ
- Middle English: bath, baþ
  - English: bath
  - Scots: bath
Old Frisian: beth
- West Frisian: bad
Old Saxon: bath
- Middle Low German: bad, bat
  - German Low German: Baad
  - Plautdietsch: Bod
Old Dutch: *bath
- Middle Dutch: bat
  - Dutch: bad
  - Afrikaans: bad
Old High German: bad
- Middle High German: bad
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Baad
  - German: Bad
  - Vilamovian: bod

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 194: “PWGmc *baþ”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 194: “PWGmc *baþ”