Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/baitijan

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

From Proto-Germanic *baitijaną.

Verb

*baitijan

1. to make bite
2. to make graze
3. to restrain, to rein in, to bridle

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*baitijan
1st sg. past	*baitidā
Infinitive	*baitijan
Genitive infin.	*baitijannjas
Dative infin.	*baitijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*baitijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*baitiju	*baitidā
2nd singular	*baitisi	*baitidēs, *baitidōs
3rd singular	*baitiþi	*baitidē, *baitidā
1st plural	*baitijum	*baitidum
2nd plural	*baitiþ	*baitidud
3rd plural	*baitijanþ	*baitidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*baitijē	*baitidī
2nd singular	*baitijēs	*baitidī
3rd singular	*baitijē	*baitidī
1st plural	*baitijēm	*baitidīm
2nd plural	*baitijēþ	*baitidīd
3rd plural	*baitijēn	*baitidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*baiti
Plural	*baitiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*baitijandī	*baitid

Related terms

• *baitil (“chisel”)

Descendants

• Old English: bǣtan
  • Middle English: bayten, bayte, baite, beyton, baiten, beiten, beȝȝtenn
    • English: bait
    • Scots: bait
• Old Dutch: *bēten
  • Middle Dutch: bêten
    • Dutch: beten (obsolete)
• Old Saxon: *bētian
  • ⇒ Old Saxon: undbētian
  • Middle Low German: bêten
• Old High German: beizen
  • Middle High German: beizen
• →? Old French: beter