Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baitō

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split; separate; sunder; cleave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑi̯.tɔː/

Noun

*baitō f

1. That which is or can be bitten; food; bait

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *baitō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*baitō	*baitôz
vocative	*baitō	*baitôz
accusative	*baitǭ	*baitōz
genitive	*baitōz	*baitǫ̂
dative	*baitōi	*baitōmaz
instrumental	*baitō	*baitōmiz

Related terms

• *baitaz
• *baitijaną
• *baitilaz
• *baitislą
• *baitōną
• *bītaną

Descendants

• Old English: bāt; (ġebǣte)
  • Middle English: bat
• → Old French: abeter
  • → Galician: abeto
• Old High German: beiza; *beiz
  • Middle High German: beize; beiz
    • German: Beiße (obsolete); Beize (influenced by beizen)
      • → Dutch: beits
      • → Danish: bejdse
    • Luxembourgish: Beez
• Old Norse: beita; beit; beiti
  • Icelandic: beita; beit
  • (Faroese: beiti)
  • Norwegian: beita; (beite)
  • Old Swedish: bēt
    • Swedish: bet
  • Old Danish: bēd; bed
    • Danish: bed
  • → Scots: betek; bet (Shetlandic)
  • → Middle English: bayte, beite, baite, beit
    • Scots: bait
    • English: bait