Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōtō

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 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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰoHd-eh₂-, from *bʰed-, *bʰeHd- (“to improve”). Synchronically analyzed as an ō-stem nominal formation from the root *bat underlying *batiz (“better”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

*bōtō f

  1. improvement, betterment
  2. recompense, atonement

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *bōtō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *bōtō *bōtôz
vocative *bōtō *bōtôz
accusative *bōtǭ *bōtōz
genitive *bōtōz *bōtǫ̂
dative *bōtōi *bōtōmaz
instrumental *bōtō *bōtōmiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*bōtō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 72
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