Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bētā

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

    • Old English: bēte
    • Old Frisian: bete
    • Old Saxon: *bēta
      • Middle Low German: bête
        • German Low German: Beet
        • Plautdietsch: Beet
        • → Danish: bede
        • → Estonian: peet
        • → German: Bete
        • → Latvian: biete
        • → Norwegian:
          • Norwegian Nynorsk: bete
          • Norwegian Bokmål: bete
        • → Swedish: beta
    • Old Dutch: *bēta
    • Old High German: bieza
      • Middle High German: bieze, bizza
        • Bavarian: Bießen (Tirol)
          • ⇒ Bavarian: Pießl, Bießl
        • → Slovene: pesa

    Further reading

    • Kroonen, Guus (2013), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page xxiii
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