Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/batiʀō

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 *batizô.

Adjective

*batiʀō

1. comparative degree of *gōd (“good”): better

Inflection

n-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*batiʀō
Genitive	*batiʀini, *batiʀan
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*batiʀō	*batiʀā	*batiʀā
Accusative	*batiʀan	*batiʀōn	*batiʀā
Genitive	*batiʀini, *batiʀan	*batiʀōn	*batiʀini, *batiʀan
Dative	*batiʀini, *batiʀan	*batiʀōn	*batiʀini, *batiʀan
Instrumental	*batiʀini, *batiʀan	*batiʀōn	*batiʀini, *batiʀan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*batiʀan	*batiʀōn	*batiʀōn
Accusative	*batiʀan	*batiʀōn	*batiʀōn
Genitive	*batiʀanō	*batiʀōnō	*batiʀanō
Dative	*batiʀum	*batiʀōm, *batiʀum	*batiʀum
Instrumental	*batiʀum	*batiʀōm, *batiʀum	*batiʀum

Derived terms

• *batiʀōn

Descendants

• Old English: betera
  • Middle English: bettre
    • English: better
    • Scots: better
    • Yola: bethther
• Old Frisian: betera
  • Saterland Frisian: beter
  • West Frisian: better
• Old Saxon: betiro
  • Middle Low German: beter
    • Low German: beter
• Old Dutch: betiro
  • Middle Dutch: beter
    • Dutch: beter
      • Afrikaans: beter
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: betre
      • Negerhollands: beeter
      • → Sranan Tongo: betre
        • Aukan: betee
        • Saramaccan: bë́të
    • Limburgish: baeter
• Old High German: bezziro
  • Middle High German: bezzer
    • Central Franconian: besser
    • Cimbrian: péssor
    • German: besser
    • Luxembourgish: besser
    • Yiddish: בעסער (beser)