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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *batizōną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_batizōną</idno>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_batizona" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/batizōną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>batizōną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈbɑ.ti.zɔː.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛒᚨᛏᛁᛉᛟᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Weak class 2</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to make better; improve</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From *batizô (‘better’) + <mentioned xml:lang="gmw-x-proto">*-ōną</mentioned>(forms denominative Weak class 2 verbs).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>batizō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>batizǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>batizōi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>batizōsi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>batizōs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>batizō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>batizōsai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>batizōsau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>batizōþi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>batizō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>batizōþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>batizōþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>batizōþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>batizōs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>batizōw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>batizōþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>batizōþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>batizōþiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>batizōmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>batizōm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>batizōnþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>batizōnþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>batizōþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>batizōþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>batizōþ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>batizōnþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>batizōnþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>batizōnþi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>batizōn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>batizōnþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>batizōnþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>batizōnþau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>batizōdǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>batizōdēdį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>batizōdēz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>batizōdēdīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>batizōdē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>batizōdēdī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>batizōdēdū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>batizōdēdīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>batizōdēdudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>batizōdēdīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>batizōdēdum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>batizōdēdīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>batizōdēdud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>batizōdēdīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>batizōdēdun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>batizōdēdīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>batizōndz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>batizōdaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>batizōną</orth>
            </form>
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                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*batiʀōn</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*betiron</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>beteren</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>beteren</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*batiʀōn</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>beterian, betrian</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>betren, bettren</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>better</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>beter, better</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*batiʀōn</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>beteria</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>bäterje</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>betterje</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*batiʀōn</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>bezzirōn</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>bezzeren, bezzern, pezzern</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>bessern</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*batiʀōn</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>betirōn, betorōn</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>bēteren</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Low German</lang>
                        <orth>betern</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>betra</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Danish</lang>
                    <orth>bedre</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>betra</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Gutnish</lang>
                    <orth>bättre, bättra</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>betra</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>bättra</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>betra</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                    <orth>bedre</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>betra, betre</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
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