Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baitaz

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

Alternative forms

• *baitą (North Germanic)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to break, split”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑi̯.tɑz/

Noun

*baitaz m

1. boat, ship

   Synonyms: *keulaz, *skipą

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension 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

Related terms

• *baitō
• *bītaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *bait
  • Old English: bāt
    • Middle English: bot, bate, bat; bote, boot, boet, boyt, bootte, boote
      • English: boat
        • Belizean Creole: boat
        • → Esperanto: boato
        • → Dhivehi: ބޯޓު (bōṭu)
        • → Fijian: boto
        • → Hijazi Arabic: بوت (bōt)
        • → Japanese: ボート (bōto)
        • → 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 Norse: beit
  • Icelandic: beit