Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary

bai ˈbɑi̯ ᛒᚨᛁ

determiner both From Proto-Indo-European *bʰóh₁, possibly from the neuter dual form *bʰóy(h₁). Compare Lithuanian abu (‘both’), Proto-Slavic *oba (‘both’), Sanskrit उभ (ubhá, ‘both, each of the two’), Latin (am)bō (‘both’);

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bai

bōz

bō

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banz

bōz

bō

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bajjǫ̂

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baimaz

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baimiz

Old English bœ̄ġen, bēġen, bēġġen Middle English beȝenn, beigene, beine, beie, beye, bey

Old Norse beggja Faroese beggja

Icelandic beggja

Norwegian Nynorsk begge

Old Norse beggja Old Danish bæggiæ Danish begge

Old Norse beggja Old Swedish bæggia, begge, bæggias, bægges, beggiars, bæggers Swedish bägge

Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹 (bai)

Most daughter languages have this word in a compound with the demonstrative *sa (‘that’):

Old Dutch beithe Middle Dutch beide Dutch beide Afrikaans beide

Old English bā þā Middle English baþe, boþe, bayth, bothe English both

Scots bathe, baith

Old Frisian bēthe Saterland Frisian bee

West Frisian beide

Old High German beidē Middle High German beide, bēde, beyde German beide

Yiddish ביידע (beyde)

Old Saxon bēthia Middle Low German bêde, beide, beyde Low German beide Low German beide, beid, bei, beed, bede, be, biede, bied, bi

Old Norse báðir Elfdalian båðer

Faroese báðir

Icelandic báðir

Norwegian Bokmål både

Norwegian Nynorsk både, båe

Old Norse báðir Old Danish bathe Danish både

Old Norse báðir Old Swedish bāþir, bāþe Swedish både, båda