*bōtō

Runic: ᛒᛟᛏᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈbɔː.tɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰōd-eh₂-, a lengthened o-grade form of root *bʰed-, (‘to improve, make better’). Related to *batiz (‘better’).

*bōtu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *buota (Old Dutch)
  - boete (Middle Dutch)
    - boete (Dutch)
      - boete (Afrikaans)
*bōtu (Proto-West Germanic)
- bōt (Old English)
  - bot, bote, boote (Middle English)
    - boot, bote (English)
    - bute, buit (Scots)
*bōtu (Proto-West Germanic)
- bōte (Old Frisian)
  - Boate (Saterland Frisian)
  - boete (West Frisian)
*bōtu (Proto-West Germanic)
- buoza, buoz (Old High German)
  - buoze (Middle High German)
    - Buße (German)
    - Bouss (Luxembourgish)
*bōtu (Proto-West Germanic)
- bōta (Old Saxon)
  - bote, bôte, bute (Middle Low German)
    - Bote (Low German)
bót (Old Norse)
- bót (Faroese)
- bót (Icelandic)
- bot (Norwegian Nynorsk)
bót (Old Norse)
- bod (Danish)
  - bot (Norwegian Bokmål)
bót (Old Norse)
- bōt (Old Swedish)
  - bot (Swedish)
𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰 (bōta) (Gothic)