Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/baþōn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baþōną. Equivalent to *baþ +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*baþōn

1. to bathe

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*baþōn
1st sg. past	*baþōdā
Infinitive	*baþōn
Genitive infin.	*baþōnijas
Dative infin.	*baþōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*baþōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*baþō	*baþōdā
2nd singular	*baþōs	*baþōdēs, *baþōdōs
3rd singular	*baþōþ	*baþōdē, *baþōdā
1st plural	*baþōm	*baþōdum
2nd plural	*baþōþ	*baþōdud
3rd plural	*baþōnþ	*baþōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*baþō	*baþōdī
2nd singular	*baþōs	*baþōdī
3rd singular	*baþō	*baþōdī
1st plural	*baþōm	*baþōdīm
2nd plural	*baþōþ	*baþōdīd
3rd plural	*baþōn	*baþōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*baþō
Plural	*baþōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*baþōndī	*baþōd

Related terms

• *baþþjan

Descendants

• Old English: baþian, baðian — edh spelling
  • Middle English: bathen, baathe, bathe, bathien, baþen, baþie, baþiȝe, baðien, beaðien (Early Middle English)
    • English: bathe
    • Scots: bathe, baith, bauthe
• Old Frisian: *bathia
  • Saterland Frisian: boadje
  • West Frisian: baaie
• Old Saxon: *bathōn
  • Middle Low German: bāden
    • German Low German: baden
    • Plautdietsch: boden
• Old Dutch: bathon
  • Middle Dutch: bāden
    • Dutch: baden
      • Afrikaans: bad
    • Limburgish: bejje
• Old High German: badōn
  • Middle High German: baden
    • Central Franconian: bade, boade
      • Hunsrik: baade
      • Luxembourgish: bueden
    • German: baden
    • Yiddish: באָדן (bodn)