Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/batiʀō

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 *batizô.

Adjective

*batiʀō

1. comparative degree of *gōd (“good”): better

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• *batiʀōn

Descendants

• Old English: betera
  • Middle English: bettre
    • English: better
    • Scots: better
    • Yola: bethther
• Old Frisian: betera
  • Saterland Frisian: beter
  • West Frisian: better
• Old Saxon: betiro
  • Middle Low German: beter
    • Low German: beter
• Old Dutch: betiro
  • Middle Dutch: beter
    • Dutch: beter
      • Afrikaans: beter
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: betre
      • Negerhollands: beeter
      • →? Aukan: betee
      • →? Saramaccan: betè
      • →? Sranan Tongo: betre
    • Limburgish: baeter
• Old High German: bezziro
  • Middle High German: bezzer
    • Central Franconian: besser
    • Cimbrian: péssor
    • German: besser
    • Luxembourgish: besser
    • Yiddish: בעסער (beser)