betri
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse betri, from Proto-Germanic *batizô.
Adjective
betri
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse betri, from Proto-Germanic *batizô.
Adjective
betri
better
Anagrams
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *batizô. Compare Old English betera (English better), Old Frisian betera (West Frisian better), Old Saxon betiro (Low German beter), Dutch beter, Old High German bezziro (German besser), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌶𐌰 (batiza).
Adjective
betri
Descendants
- Danish: bedre
- Faroese: betri
- Icelandic: betri
- Norwegian Bokmål: bedre (Bokmål), betre (Nynorsk)
- Swedish: bättre
References
- “betri”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swahili
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English battery.
Noun
betri (n class, plural betri)
- battery (device storing electricity)
Further reading
- betri in Swahili Oxford Living Dictionaries, Oxford University Press
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Noun
betri
- battery (clarification of this definition is needed)
Categories:
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese adjectives
- Faroese comparative adjectives
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic non-lemma forms
- Icelandic adjective forms
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse adjectives
- Old Norse comparative adjectives
- Swahili terms borrowed from English
- Swahili terms derived from English
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili n class nouns
- Tok Pisin terms derived from English
- Tok Pisin lemmas
- Tok Pisin nouns