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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *batizô</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_batizô</idno>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_batizo" type="adj" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/batizô">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>batizô</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈbɑ.ti.zɔːː</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛒᚨᛏᛁᛉᛟ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>adj</pos>
            <gram type="stem">an/īn-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>comparative degree of *gōdaz (‘good’)</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">*bat- (‘good, favorable, beneficial’) + <mentioned xml:lang="gmw-x-proto">*-izô</mentioned> (forms the comparative of certain adjectives).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc">
              <orth>batizô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem">
              <orth>batizį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut">
              <orth>batizô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc">
              <orth>batizaniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem">
              <orth>batizīniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut">
              <orth>batizōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc">
              <orth>batizanų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem">
              <orth>batizīnų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut">
              <orth>batizô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc">
              <orth>batizanunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem">
              <orth>batizīnunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut">
              <orth>batizōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc">
              <orth>batiziniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem">
              <orth>batizīniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut">
              <orth>batiziniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc">
              <orth>batizanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem">
              <orth>batizīnǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut">
              <orth>batizanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc">
              <orth>batizini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem">
              <orth>batizīni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut">
              <orth>batizini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc">
              <orth>batizammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem">
              <orth>batizīmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut">
              <orth>batizammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc">
              <orth>batizinē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem">
              <orth>batizīnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut">
              <orth>batizinē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc">
              <orth>batizammiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem">
              <orth>batizīmiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut">
              <orth>batizammiz</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*batiʀō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>betiro</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>beter</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>beter</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                          <orth>beter</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*batiʀō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>betera</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>bettre</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>better</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>better</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*batiʀō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>betera</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>beter</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>better</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*batiʀō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>betiro</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>beter</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Low German</lang>
                        <orth>beter</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*batiʀō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                    <orth>baeter</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*batiʀō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>beȥȥiro</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>beȥȥer</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Central Franconian</lang>
                        <orth>besser</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>besser</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                        <orth>besser</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                        <orth>בעסער (beser)</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>betri</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>betri</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>bättre</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>bedre</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                      <orth>bedre</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>betri</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>bättre</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>bedre</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                      <orth>bedre</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>betre</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>bättre</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>bedre</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                      <orth>bedre</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                    <orth>bere, bære, beire (dialectal)</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>bättre</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>bedre</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                      <orth>bedre</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>bætre, bættre</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>bättre</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>bedre</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                      <orth>bedre</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌶𐌰 (batiza)</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
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