Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/batnaną

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 *bataz (“good”) +‎ *-naną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑt.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*batnaną

1. to get better

Inflection

Conjugation of *batnaną (weak class 4)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*batnō	*batnaų	—	—	—
2nd singular	*batnōsi	*batnais	*batnō	—	—
3rd singular	*batnōþi	*batnai	*batnōþau	—	—
1st dual	*batnōs	*batnaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*batnaþiz	*batnaiþiz	*batnaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*batnamaz	*batnaim	—	—	—
2nd plural	*batnaþ	*batnaiþ	*batnaþ	—	—
3rd plural	*batnanþi	*batnain	*batnanþau	—	—
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*batnōdǭ	*batnōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*batnōdēz	*batnōdēdīz
3rd singular	*batnōdē	*batnōdēdī
1st dual	*batnōdēdū	*batnōdēdīw
2nd dual	*batnōdēdudiz	*batnōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*batnōdēdum	*batnōdēdīm
2nd plural	*batnōdēdud	*batnōdēdīd
3rd plural	*batnōdēdun	*batnōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*batnandz	—

Related terms

• *bataz
• *batizô

Descendants

• Old Norse: batna
  • Icelandic: batna
  • Faroese: batna
  • Old Swedish: batna
  • Elfdalian: battn
  • → Middle English: *battenen, *batnen
    • English: batten
    • Scots: batten
• ⇒ Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌽𐌰𐌽 (gabatnan)

References

• Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 260