*baþą

Runic: ᛒᚨᚦᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈbɑ.θɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

bath

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰh́₁-to-m, a zero-grade nominal formation from *bʰeh₁- (‘to foment, warm. bathe’). Though (Kroonen 2013) considers the word to have no cognates outside Proto-Germanic, Acharian has deduced Old Armenian բով (bov, ‘furnace, glowing, smoldering, fiery’) as a cognate, though he notes an alternative origin in PIE *bʰuH- (‘to be, become, grow, appear’) giving it an original sense of ‘fire pit’.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.baþąbaþō
Acc.baþąbaþō
Gen.baþas, baþisbaþǫ̂
Dat.baþaibaþamaz
Inst.baþōbaþamiz
Voc.baþąbaþō

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Descendants

  • *baþ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *bath (Old Dutch)
      • bat (Middle Dutch)
        • bad (Dutch)
          • bad (Afrikaans)
  • *baþ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • bæþ (Old English)
      • bath, baþ (Middle English)
        • bath (English)
        • bath (Scots)
  • *baþ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • beth (Old Frisian)
      • bad (West Frisian)
  • *baþ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • bad (Old High German)
      • bat (Middle High German)
        • Båd, Båod, Boud (Bavarian)
        • Bad (German)
        • Bad (Rhine Franconian)
  • *baþ (Proto-West Germanic)
    • bath (Old Saxon)
      • bad, bat (Middle Low German)
        • Bod, Baud (Plautdietsch)
        • Bad, Baad (Low German)
  • bað (Old Norse)
    • bad (Danish)
    • bað (Faroese)
    • bad (Gutnish)
    • bað (Icelandic)
    • bad (Norwegian)
  • bað (Old Norse)
    • badh (Old Swedish)
      • bad (Swedish)

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