Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bētā

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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bēta.

Noun

*bētā f

  1. beet

Inflection

ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *bētā
Genitive *bētōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *bētā *bētōn
Accusative *bētōn *bētōn
Genitive *bētōn *bētōnō
Dative *bētōn *bētōm, *bētum
Instrumental *bētōn *bētōm, *bētum

Descendants

Further reading

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page xxiii