Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baþjaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *baþą (bath) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑθ.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*baþjaną[1]

  1. to moisturize, to make wet (with warm water)
  2. to boil

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *baþjō *baþjaų *baþjai ?
2nd singular *baþisi *baþjais *baþi *baþjasai *baþjaisau
3rd singular *baþiþi *baþjai *baþjaþau *baþjaþai *baþjaiþau
1st dual *baþjōs *baþjaiw
2nd dual *baþjaþiz *baþjaiþiz *baþjaþiz
1st plural *baþjamaz *baþjaim *baþjanþai *baþjainþau
2nd plural *baþiþ *baþjaiþ *baþiþ *baþjanþai *baþjainþau
3rd plural *baþjanþi *baþjain *baþjanþau *baþjanþai *baþjainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *baþidǭ *baþidēdį̄
2nd singular *baþidēz *baþidēdīz
3rd singular *baþidē *baþidēdī
1st dual *baþidēdū *baþidēdīw
2nd dual *baþidēdudiz *baþidēdīdiz
1st plural *baþidēdum *baþidēdīm
2nd plural *baþidēdud *baþidēdīd
3rd plural *baþidēdun *baþidēdīn
present past
participles *baþjandz *baþidaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *baþþjan, *baþigōn
    • Old English: bæþþan, beþþan; beþian, beþigean (alternative forms from variant *baþigōn)
    • Old Frisian: *beththa, *bethia
      • West Frisian: bette, betsje
    • Old Saxon: *beththian
      • >? Middle Low German: *betten
        • Low German: betten (probably a loanword from Frisian)
    • Old Dutch: *beththen
  • Old Norse: *beða
    • Elfdalian: beða

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*baþa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 55:*baþjan-