Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baitaz - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)
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From Proto-Indo-European *bʰóyd-o-s, from *bʰeyd- (“to break, split”) + *-os. The word originally referred to a small nautical vessel made of a tree, hollowed (i.e. split) out like a trough.[1]
*baitaz m[1]
Declension of *baitaz (masculine a-stem)
| | singular | plural | | | ------------ | ------------------ | ------------------ | | nominative | *baitaz | *baitōz, *baitōs | | vocative | *bait | *baitōz, *baitōs | | accusative | *baitą | *baitanz | | genitive | *baitas, *baitis | *baitǫ̂ | | dative | *baitai | *baitamaz | | instrumental | *baitō | *baitamiz |
Alternative reconstructions
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- *baitą
- *baitō
- *bītaną
- Proto-West Germanic: *bait
- Old English: bāt
* → Istriot: batana
* Middle English: bot, boet, boot, bote, bat, bate (Early Middle English or Northern), boote, bootte (Late Middle English), boyt (East Anglia)
* English: boat
* Belizean Creole: boat
* → Esperanto: boato
* → Dhivehi: ބޯޓު (bōṭu)
* → Fijian: boto
* → Hijazi Arabic: بوت (bōt)
* → Japanese: ボート (bōto)
* → Malay: bot
* → Pitcairn-Norfolk: boet (Norfuk)
* → Sinhalese: බෝට්ටුව (bōṭṭuwa)
* → Swahili: boti
* → Scots: boat, bote (compare native bait, bate)
* → Tahitian: poti
* Tok Pisin: bot
* Scots: bate, bait
* → Middle Dutch: boot
* Dutch: boot
* Afrikaans: boot
* → Middle Low German: bôt, bott
* Low German: Boot
* Plautdietsch: Boot
* → German: Boot
* → North Frisian: böötj
* → Saterland Frisian: Boot
* → West Frisian: boat
* → Catalan: bot
* → Galician: bote
* → Old French: bot
* → Portuguese: bote
* → Spanish: bote
* → Cebuano: bote
* → Old Norse: bátr (see there for further descendants)
* → Old French: batel (see there for further descendants)
* → Middle Irish: bát
* Irish: bád
* Scottish Gaelic: bàta
* Manx: baatey
* → Latin: battus
* → Welsh: bad - Old Dutch: *bēt
* ⇒ Old Dutch: *beitil (diminutive)
* Middle Dutch: beitel
- Old English: bāt
- Old Norse: beit
- Icelandic: beit