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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baitaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Alternative forms
  • *baitą (North Germanic)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to break, split”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑi̯.tɑz/

Noun

*baitaz m[1]

  1. boat, ship
    Synonyms: *keulaz, *skipą

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *baitaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *baitaz *baitōz, *baitōs
vocative *bait *baitōz, *baitōs
accusative *baitą *baitanz
genitive *baitas, *baitis *baitǫ̂
dative *baitai *baitamaz
instrumental *baitō *baitamiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *bait
    • Old English: bāt
      • Middle English: bot, bate, bat; bote, boot, boet, boyt, bootte, boote
        • English: boat (see there for further descendants)
        • Scots: bate, bait
        • → Middle Dutch: boot
        • → Middle Low German: bōt
        • → North Frisian: böötj
        • → Saterland Frisian: Boot
        • → West Frisian: boat
        • → Catalan: bot
        • → Galician: bote
        • → Old French: bot
          • → Portuguese: bote
        • → Spanish: bote
      • → Old Norse: bátr (see there for further descendants)
      • → Old French: batel (see there for further descendants)
      • → Middle Irish: bát
      • → Latin: battus
      • → Welsh: bad
    • Old Dutch: *bēt
      • ⇒ Old Dutch: *beitil (diminutive)
  • Old Norse: beit

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*baita-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 48
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