Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/batô

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 or related to *batiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.tɔːː/

Noun

*batô m

1. improvement, recovery

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *batô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*batô	*bataniz
vocative	*batô	*bataniz
accusative	*batanų	*batanunz
genitive	*batiniz	*batanǫ̂
dative	*batini	*batammaz
instrumental	*batinē	*batammiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *batō
  • Old English: *bata
    • ⇒ Old English: *batfull
      • Middle English: batful, badfull
        • English: batful
  • Old Frisian: bata
    • Saterland Frisian: Baate m; Boate f
    • West Frisian: bate, baat
  • Old Saxon: *bato
    • Middle Low German: bāte
      • → Danish: både
  • Old Dutch: *bato
    • Middle Dutch: bate
      • Dutch: baat
        • Afrikaans: baat
  • Old High German: *bazzo; *bazza
    • Middle High German: bazze f
• Old Norse: bati
  • Icelandic: bati
  • Faroese: bati
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bate
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bate