Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/baþþjan

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 *baþjaną. Equivalent to *baþ (“bath”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*baþþjan

1. to moisturize, make wet (with warm water)
2. to boil

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*baþþjan
1st sg. past	*baþidā
Infinitive	*baþþjan
Genitive infin.	*baþþjannjas
Dative infin.	*baþþjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*baþþjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*baþþju	*baþidā
2nd singular	*baþisi	*baþidēs, *baþidōs
3rd singular	*baþiþi	*baþidē, *baþidā
1st plural	*baþþjum	*baþidum
2nd plural	*baþiþ	*baþidud
3rd plural	*baþþjanþ	*baþidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*baþþjē	*baþidī
2nd singular	*baþþjēs	*baþidī
3rd singular	*baþþjē	*baþidī
1st plural	*baþþjēm	*baþidīm
2nd plural	*baþþjēþ	*baþidīd
3rd plural	*baþþjēn	*baþidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*baþi
Plural	*baþiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*baþþjandī	*baþid

Alternative reconstructions

• *baþigōn

Descendants

• Old English: bæþþan, beþþan; beþian, beþigean (alternative forms from variant *baþigōn)
  • Middle English: bethen, beðen, beþien (Early Middle English)
    • English: beath (dialectal)
• Old Frisian: *beththa, *bethia
  • West Frisian: bette, betsje
• Old Saxon: *beththian
  • >? Middle Low German: *betten
    • Low German: betten (probably a loanword from Frisian)
• Old Dutch: *beththen
  • Middle Dutch: betten, bessen
    • Dutch: betten
    • West Flemish: bessen