Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/batnaną
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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 *bataz (“good”) + *-naną.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
*batnaną
- to get better
Inflection
Conjugation of *batnaną (weak class 4)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ƀatnōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 39
Further reading
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 260