Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bait

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 *baitaz.

Noun

*bait m

1. boat, ship

   Synonym: *skip

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bait, *baita
Genitive	*baitas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bait, *baita	*baitōs
Accusative	*bait, *baita	*baitā
Genitive	*baitas	*baitō
Dative	*baitē	*baitum
Instrumental	*baitu	*baitum

Descendants

• Old English: bāt
  • → Istriot: batana
  • Middle English: bot, boet, boot, bote, bat, bate (Early Middle English or Northern), boote, bootte (Late Middle English), boyt (East Anglia)
    • English: boat
    • 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