Reconstruction:Old Dutch/beta

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bētā, which is a borrowing from Latin bēta.

Noun

*bēta f

1. beet

Inflection

Declension of *bēta (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	*bēta	*bēta, *bēton
accusative	*bēta, *bēton	*bēta, *bēton
genitive	*bēton	*bētono
dative	*bēton	*bēton

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: bête
  • Dutch: biet, beet
    • Afrikaans: beet
    • → Indonesian: bit