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

boat, ship
Synonym: *skip

Inflection

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

Descendants

Old English: bāt
- Middle English: bot, bate, bat, bote, boot, boet, boyt, bootte, boote
  - English: boat
    - Belizean Creole: boat
    - → Esperanto: boato
    - → Dhivehi: ބޯޓު (bōṭu)
    - → Fijian: boto
    - → Hijazi Arabic: بوت (bōt)
    - → Japanese: ボート (bōto)
    - → Malay: bot
    - → Pitcairn-Norfolk: boet (Norfuk)
    - → Sinhalese: බෝට්‍ටුව (bōṭṭuwa)
    - → Swahili: boti
    - → Scots: boat, bote (compare native bait, bate)
    - → Tahitian: poti
    - Tok Pisin: bot
  - 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