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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bait

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 *baitaz.

Noun

*bait m

  1. boat, ship
    Synonym: *skip

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *bait
Genitive *baitas
Singular Plural
Nominative *bait *baitō, *baitōs
Accusative *bait *baitā
Genitive *baitas *baitō
Dative *baitē *baitum
Instrumental *baitu *baitum

Descendants

  • Old English: bāt
    • Middle English: bot, bate, bat; bote, boot, boet, boyt, bootte, boote
      • English: boat (see there for further descendants)
      • Scots: bate, bait
      • → Middle Dutch: boot
      • → Middle Low German: bōt
      • → North Frisian: böötj
      • → Saterland Frisian: Boot
      • → West Frisian: boat
      • → Catalan: bot
      • → Galician: bote
      • → Old French: bot
        • → Portuguese: bote
      • → Spanish: bote
    • → Old Norse: bátr (see there for further descendants)
    • → Old French: batel (see there for further descendants)
    • → Middle Irish: bát
    • → Latin: battus
    • → Welsh: bad
  • Old Dutch: *bēt
    • ⇒ Old Dutch: *beitil (diminutive)
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