Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baþą

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.θɑ̃/

Noun

*baþą n

1. bath

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *baþą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*baþą	*baþō
vocative	*baþą	*baþō
accusative	*baþą	*baþō
genitive	*baþas, *baþis	*baþǫ̂
dative	*baþai	*baþamaz
instrumental	*baþō	*baþamiz

Related terms

• *baþjaną
• *baþōną
• *bēaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *baþ
  • Old English: bæþ
    • Middle English: bath, baþ
      • English: bath
      • Scots: bath
      • → Welsh: bàth
  • Old Frisian: beth
    • West Frisian: bad
  • Old Saxon: bath
    • Middle Low German: bad, bat
      • German Low German: Baad
      • Plautdietsch: Bod
  • Old Dutch: *bath
    • Middle Dutch: bat
      • Dutch: bad
        • Afrikaans: bad
  • Old High German: bad
    • Middle High German: bat
      • Central Franconian:

        Hunsrik: Baad

      • Bavarian: Båd, Båod, Boud

        Luxembourgish: Bad

      • German: Bad
      • Rhine Franconian: Bad

        Frankfurterisch: [b̥ɑːt]

      • Vilamovian: bod
• Old Norse: bað
  • Icelandic: bað
  • Faroese: bað
  • Norwegian: bad
  • Old Swedish: badh
    • Swedish: bad
  • Danish: bad
  • Gutnish: bad

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN