*batiz

Runic: ᛒᚨᛏᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈbɑ.tiz/

adverb

Meanings

comparative degree of *wela (‘well (in a good manner)’)

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European bʰód-i-s, an o-grade intensive of root *bʰed- (‘to improve, make better’). Cognate with Sanskrit भद्र (bhadrá) (bhadrá, ‘blessed, good, excellent’), Albanian betë (‘great’), Welsh bodd (‘enjoyment, contentment, satisfaction’). Used in the Germanic languages in its comparative and superlative forms for “well” (including English "better", "best") and used as a root in other terms.

Descendants

*bat, *bet (Proto-West Germanic)
- bet (Old English)
  - bet, bett, bette (Middle English)
    - bet, bett (obsolete) (English)
*bat, *bet (Proto-West Germanic)
- bet (Old Frisian)
  - bat, bet (Middle Dutch)
    - bet, bat (Dutch)
- bet (Old Saxon)
  - bat, bet (Middle Dutch)
    - bet, bat (Dutch)
- *bat, *bet (Old Dutch)
  - bat, bet (Middle Dutch)
    - bet, bat (Dutch)
*bat, *bet (Proto-West Germanic)
- baz (Old High German)
  - baz (Middle High German)
    - bass (German)
betr (Old Norse)
- betur (Icelandic)
- betur (Faroese)
- beter (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- bæter (Old Swedish)

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