*baitaz

Runic: ᛒᚨᛁᛏᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈbɑi̯.tɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

boat, ship

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰóyd-o-s, from *bʰeyd- (‘to break, split’). (Kroonen 2013) posits that the word originally referred to a small nautical vessel made of a tree, hollowed (i.e. split) like a dugout canoe. The monophthong versions are all likely loans from Old English. Likely related to *bītaną (‘to bite’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	baitaz	baitōz, baitōs
Acc.	baitą	baitanz
Gen.	baitas, baitis	baitǫ̂
Dat.	baitai	baitamaz
Inst.	baitō	baitamiz
Voc.	bait	baitōz, baitōs

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Descendants

*bait (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bēt (Old Dutch)
  - *beitil (Old Dutch)
    - beitel (Middle Dutch)
*bait (Proto-West Germanic)
- bāt (Old English)
  - battus (Latin)
  - batel (Old French)
  - bátr (Old Norse)
  - bad (Welsh)
*bait (Proto-West Germanic)
- bāt (Old English)
  - bot, bate, bat, bote, boot, boet, boyt, bootte, boote (Middle English)
    - bot (Catalan)
    - bote (Galician)
    - böötj (North Frisian)
    - Boot (Saterland Frisian)
    - bate, bait (Scots)
    - boat (West Frisian)
*bait (Proto-West Germanic)
- bāt (Old English)
  - bot, bate, bat, bote, boot, boet, boyt, bootte, boote (Middle English)
    - boat (English)
*bait (Proto-West Germanic)
- bāt (Old English)
  - bot, bate, bat, bote, boot, boet, boyt, bootte, boote (Middle English)
    - boot (Middle Dutch)
      - boot (Dutch)
        
        boot (Afrikaans)
*bait (Proto-West Germanic)
- bāt (Old English)
  - bot, bate, bat, bote, boot, boet, boyt, bootte, boote (Middle English)
    - bôt, bott (Middle Low German)
      - Boot (German)
      - Boot (Low German)
      - Boot (Plautdietsch)
beit (Old Norse)
- beit (Icelandic)

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