Words that come from Proto-Germanic “bataz”
163 words across 34 languages descend from Proto-Germanic bataz — including better, best, beast, betterment, Batavia, bestseller, beater, bettering.
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English (61)
- better
- best
- beast
- betterment
- Batavia
- bestseller
- beater
- bettering
- batten
- bested
- Batavian
- beastie
- bestest
- beastlike
- eggbeater
- bettermost
- bestie
- wifebeater
- bester
- betterer
- minibeast
- bestsellerdom
- bestness
- beasting
- drumbeater
- beasthood
- bettereth
- battener
- werebeast
- bettern't
- carpetbeater
- betterest
- beastling
- embetterment
- beastmaster
- beastish
- betterish
- unbetterable
- battenboard
- beastishness
- bebeast
- beastdom
- unbeast
- wife beater
- best-seller
- hosebeast
- embetter
- betterhood
- beasten
- merbeast
- farebeater
- besteth
- hambeast
- beast of venery
- bestestest
- bettererer
- bettership
- betterfy
- batteneth
- Besserwisser
- bist