Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/batizô

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

*batiz +‎ *-izô

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.ti.zɔːː/

Adjective

*batizô (adverb *batiz)

1. comparative degree of *gōdaz
2. comparative degree of *bataz

Inflection

Declension of *batizô (an/īn-stem)

Case	Masculine		Feminine		Neuter
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*batizô	*batizaniz	*batizį̄	*batizīniz	*batizô	*batizōnō
Accusative	*batizanų	*batizanunz	*batizīnų	*batizīnunz	*batizô	*batizōnō
Genitive	*batiziniz	*batizanǫ̂	*batizīniz	*batizīnǫ̂	*batiziniz	*batizanǫ̂
Dative	*batizini	*batizammaz	*batizīni	*batizīmaz	*batizini	*batizammaz
Instrumental	*batizinē	*batizammiz	*batizīnē	*batizīmiz	*batizinē	*batizammiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *batiʀō
  • Old English: betera
    • Middle English: bettre
      • English: better
      • Scots: better
      • Yola: bethther
  • Old Frisian: betera
    • Saterland Frisian: beter
    • West Frisian: better
  • Old Saxon: betiro
    • Middle Low German: beter
      • Low German: beter
  • Old Dutch: betiro
    • Middle Dutch: beter
      • Dutch: beter
        • Afrikaans: beter
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: betre
        • Negerhollands: beeter
        • →? Aukan: betee
        • →? Saramaccan: betè
        • →? Sranan Tongo: betre
      • Limburgish: baeter
  • Old High German: bezziro
    • Middle High German: bezzer
      • Central Franconian: besser
      • Cimbrian: péssor
      • German: besser
      • Luxembourgish: besser
      • Yiddish: בעסער (beser)
• Old Norse: betri
  • Icelandic: betri
  • Faroese: betri
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: betre
  • Norwegian: bere, bære, beire (dialectal)
  • Old Swedish: bætre, bættre
    • Swedish: bättre
  • Danish: bedre
    • Norwegian Bokmål: bedre
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌶𐌰 (batiza)