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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baþjaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *baþą (bath) + *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑθ.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*baþjaną[1]

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

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *baþþjan, *baþigōn
    • Old English: bæþþan, beþþan; beþian, beþigean (alternative forms from variant *baþigōn)
    • 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
  • Old Norse: *beða
    • Elfdalian: beða

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*baþa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 55:*baþjan-
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