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
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)
      • → 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