Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bōtu

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 *bōtō.

Noun

*bōtu f

1. improvement, betterment
2. recompense, atonement

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bōtu
Genitive	*bōtā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bōtu	*bōtō
Accusative	*bōtā	*bōtā
Genitive	*bōtā	*bōtō
Dative	*bōtē	*bōtōm, *bōtum
Instrumental	*bōtu	*bōtōm, *bōtum

Derived terms

• *bōtijan

Related terms

• *bati
• *batō
• *batōn

Descendants

• Old English: bōt
  • Middle English: bot, bote, boote
    • English: boot
    • → English: bote
    • Scots: bute, buit
• Old Frisian: bōte
  • Saterland Frisian: Boate
  • West Frisian: boete
• Old Saxon: bōta
  • Middle Low German: bote, bôte, bute
    • Low German: Bote
• Old Dutch: *buota
  • Middle Dutch: boete
    • Dutch: boete
• Old High German: buoza, buoz
  • Middle High German: buoze
    • German: Buße
    • Luxembourgish: Bouss