"bōtō" meaning in Proto-Germanic

See bōtō in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɔː.tɔː/
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”). Etymology templates: {{der|gem-pro|ine-pro||*bʰoHd-eh₂-}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰoHd-eh₂- Inflection templates: {{gem-decl-noun}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], bōtō [nominative, singular], bōtôz [nominative, plural], bōtō [singular, vocative], bōtôz [plural, vocative], bōtǭ [accusative, singular], bōtōz [accusative, plural], bōtōz [genitive, singular], bōtǫ̂ [genitive, plural], bōtōi [dative, singular], bōtōmaz [dative, plural], bōtō [instrumental, singular], bōtōmiz [instrumental, plural]
  1. improvement, betterment Tags: feminine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-bōtō-gem-pro-noun-YIwm~Hw~
  2. recompense, atonement Tags: feminine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-bōtō-gem-pro-noun-CNPZ2KPF Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bōtalausaz, bōtijaną Related terms: bataną, bataz, batiz, batnaną, batô, batōną
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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bōtalausaz"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bōtijaną"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
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          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *bōtu\nOld English: bōt\nMiddle English: bot, bote, boote\nEnglish: boot\n→ English: bote\nScots: bute, buit\nOld Frisian: bōte\nSaterland Frisian: Boate\nWest Frisian: boete\nOld Saxon: bōta\nMiddle Low German: bote, bôte, bute\nLow German: Bote\nOld Dutch: *buota\nMiddle Dutch: boete\nDutch: boete\nAfrikaans: boete\nOld High German: buoza, buoz\nMiddle High German: buoze\nGerman: Buße\nLuxembourgish: Bouss",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *bōtu\nOld English: bōt\nMiddle English: bot, bote, boote\nEnglish: boot\n→ English: bote\nScots: bute, buit\nOld Frisian: bōte\nSaterland Frisian: Boate\nWest Frisian: boete\nOld Saxon: bōta\nMiddle Low German: bote, bôte, bute\nLow German: Bote\nOld Dutch: *buota\nMiddle Dutch: boete\nDutch: boete\nAfrikaans: boete\nOld High German: buoza, buoz\nMiddle High German: buoze\nGerman: Buße\nLuxembourgish: Bouss"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: bót"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "bót"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: bót",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: bót"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "bót"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: bót"
    },
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          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: bot",
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      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: bot"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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      "depth": 3,
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          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "bot"
          },
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      ],
      "text": "Swedish: bot"
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "bod"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: bod",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Danish: bod"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "bot"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: bot",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: bot"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "got",
            "2": "𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gothic: 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰 (bōta)"
    }
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        "3": "",
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    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bōtōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "bōtōmaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    }
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  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōtō",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bataną"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bataz"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "batiz"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "batnaną"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "batô"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "batōną"
    }
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    {
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        "improvement, betterment"
      ],
      "id": "en-bōtō-gem-pro-noun-YIwm~Hw~",
      "links": [
        [
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          "betterment",
          "betterment"
        ]
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        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
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        },
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          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
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          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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      ],
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          "recompense"
        ],
        [
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          "atonement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɔː.tɔː/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Brill Publishers"
  ],
  "word": "bōtō"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Germanic feminine nouns",
    "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-Germanic nouns",
    "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Proto-Germanic ō-stem nouns"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "bōtalausaz"
    },
    {
      "word": "bōtijaną"
    }
  ],
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *bōtu\nOld English: bōt\nMiddle English: bot, bote, boote\nEnglish: boot\n→ English: bote\nScots: bute, buit\nOld Frisian: bōte\nSaterland Frisian: Boate\nWest Frisian: boete\nOld Saxon: bōta\nMiddle Low German: bote, bôte, bute\nLow German: Bote\nOld Dutch: *buota\nMiddle Dutch: boete\nDutch: boete\nAfrikaans: boete\nOld High German: buoza, buoz\nMiddle High German: buoze\nGerman: Buße\nLuxembourgish: Bouss"
    },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Old Norse: bót"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "bót"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Icelandic: bót"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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    },
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    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        }
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          "name": "desc"
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    },
    {
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      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "bōtōi",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "bōtōmaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "bōtō",
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        "instrumental",
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  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bōtō",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "bataną"
    },
    {
      "word": "bataz"
    },
    {
      "word": "batiz"
    },
    {
      "word": "batnaną"
    },
    {
      "word": "batô"
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    {
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    }
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  "senses": [
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      ],
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          "betterment",
          "betterment"
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        "reconstruction"
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          "atonement",
          "atonement"
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        "feminine",
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɔː.tɔː/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Brill Publishers"
  ],
  "word": "bōtō"
}

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