*baitō

Runic: ᛒᚨᛁᛏᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈbɑi̯.tɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

That which is or can be bitten; food; bait

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (‘to split; separate; sunder; cleave’) + *-ō (forms feminine nouns).

*baitu (Proto-West Germanic)
- bāt, ġebǣte (Old English)
  - bat (Middle English)
*baitu (Proto-West Germanic)
- beiza, *beiz (Old High German)
  - beize, beiz (Middle High German)
    - Beez (Luxembourgish)
*baitu (Proto-West Germanic)
- beiza, *beiz (Old High German)
  - beize, beiz (Middle High German)
    - Beiße, Beize (German)
      - bejdse (Danish)
      - beits (Dutch)
beit, beita, beiti (Old Norse)
- beiti (Faroese)
- beita, beit (Icelandic)
- beita, beite (Norwegian)
- betek, bet (Scots)
beit, beita, beiti (Old Norse)
- bayte, beite, baite, beit (Middle English)
  - bait (English)
  - bait (Scots)
beit, beita, beiti (Old Norse)
- bēd, bed (Old Danish)
  - bed (Danish)
beit, beita, beiti (Old Norse)
- bēt (Old Swedish)
  - bet (Swedish)