Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baþą

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 *bʰh́₁-to-s, a zero-grade nominal formation from *bʰeh₁- (“to foment, warm”). Though Kroonen considers the word to have no cognates outside Germanic,^[1] Acharian has deduced Old Armenian բով (bov, “furnace”) as a cognate.^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.θɑ̃/

Noun

*baþą n

bath

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *baþą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*baþą	*baþō
vocative	*baþą	*baþō
accusative	*baþą	*baþō
genitive	baþas, baþis	*baþǫ̂
dative	*baþai	*baþamaz
instrumental	*baþō	*baþamiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *baþ
- Old English: bæþ
  - Middle English: bath, baþ
    - English: bath
    - Scots: bath
    - → Welsh: bàth
- 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: bat
    - Central Franconian:
      Hunsrik: Baad
    - Bavarian: Båd, Båod, Boud
      Luxembourgish: Bad
    - German: Bad
    - Rhine Franconian: Bad
      Frankfurterisch: [b̥ɑːt]
    - Vilamovian: bod
Old Norse: bað
- Icelandic: bað
- Faroese: bað
- Norwegian: bad
- Old Swedish: badh
  - Swedish: bad
- Danish: bad
- Gutnish: bad

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*baþa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 55
^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “Proto-Germanic/baþą”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 473–474

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*baþa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 55

[2] Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43

[3] Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “Proto-Germanic/baþą”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 473–474

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