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]

  1. boat, ship
    Synonyms: *keulaz, *skipą

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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  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*baita-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 48