Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōtijaną
Appearance
Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *bōtō (“improvement, recompense”) + *-janą.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- to improve
- to compensate, pay a fine
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *bōtijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *bōtijan
- Old Norse: bǿta, bœta, bꝍta
- Gothic: 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bōtjan)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*bōtō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 72: “*bōtjan-”
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*bōtjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 52