Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baþjaną

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 *baþą (“bath”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑθ.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*baþjaną

1. to moisturize, to make wet (with warm water)
2. to boil

Inflection

Conjugation of *baþjaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*baþjō	*baþjaų	—	*baþjai	?
2nd singular	*baþisi	*baþjais	*baþi	*baþjasai	*baþjaisau
3rd singular	*baþiþi	*baþjai	*baþjaþau	*baþjaþai	*baþjaiþau
1st dual	*baþjōs	*baþjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*baþjaþiz	*baþjaiþiz	*baþjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*baþjamaz	*baþjaim	—	*baþjanþai	*baþjainþau
2nd plural	*baþiþ	*baþjaiþ	*baþiþ	*baþjanþai	*baþjainþau
3rd plural	*baþjanþi	*baþjain	*baþjanþau	*baþjanþai	*baþjainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*baþidǭ	*baþidēdį̄
2nd singular	*baþidēz	*baþidēdīz
3rd singular	*baþidē	*baþidēdī
1st dual	*baþidēdū	*baþidēdīw
2nd dual	*baþidēdudiz	*baþidēdīdiz
1st plural	*baþidēdum	*baþidēdīm
2nd plural	*baþidēdud	*baþidēdīd
3rd plural	*baþidēdun	*baþidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*baþjandz	*baþidaz

Related terms

• *baþōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *baþþjan, *baþigōn
  • Old English: bæþþan, beþþan; beþian, beþigean (alternative forms from variant *baþigōn)
    • Middle English: bethen, beðen, beþien (Early Middle English)
      • English: beath (dialectal)
  • Old Frisian: *beththa, *bethia
    • West Frisian: bette, betsje
  • Old Saxon: *beththian
    • >? Middle Low German: *betten
      • Low German: betten (probably a loanword from Frisian)
  • Old Dutch: *beththen
    • Middle Dutch: betten, bessen
      • Dutch: betten
      • West Flemish: bessen
• Old Norse: *beða
  • Elfdalian: beða