*batizô

Runic: ᛒᚨᛏᛁᛉᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈbɑ.ti.zɔːː/

adjective · an/īn-stem

Meanings

comparative degree of *gōdaz (‘good’)

Etymology

*bat- (‘good, favorable, beneficial’) + *-izô (forms the comparative of certain adjectives).

Declension

Strong declension

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Weak declension

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Descendants

  • *batiʀō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • betiro (Old Dutch)
      • beter (Middle Dutch)
        • beter (Dutch)
          • beter (Afrikaans)
  • *batiʀō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • betera (Old English)
      • bettre (Middle English)
        • better (English)
        • better (Scots)
  • *batiʀō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • betera (Old Frisian)
      • beter (Saterland Frisian)
      • better (West Frisian)
  • *batiʀō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • betiro (Old Saxon)
      • beter (Middle Low German)
        • beter (Low German)
  • *batiʀō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • baeter (Limburgish)
  • *batiʀō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • beȥȥiro (Old High German)
      • beȥȥer (Middle High German)
        • besser (Central Franconian)
        • besser (German)
        • besser (Luxembourgish)
        • בעסער (beser) (Yiddish)
  • betri (Old Norse)
    • betri (Icelandic)
      • bättre (Swedish)
      • bedre (Danish)
      • bedre (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • betri (Faroese)
      • bättre (Swedish)
      • bedre (Danish)
      • bedre (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • betre (Norwegian Nynorsk)
      • bättre (Swedish)
      • bedre (Danish)
      • bedre (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • bere, bære, beire (dialectal) (Norwegian)
      • bättre (Swedish)
      • bedre (Danish)
      • bedre (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • bætre, bættre (Old Swedish)
      • bättre (Swedish)
      • bedre (Danish)
      • bedre (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌶𐌰 (batiza) (Gothic)

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