Words that come from Proto-Semitic “bayt-”

146 words across 49 languages descend from Proto-Semitic bayt- — including bet, beta, beet, beets, bettor, beetroot, beth, betcha.

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English (36)

Classical Syriac (13)

Hebrew (9)

Italian (9)

Dutch (8)

Danish (4)

French (4)

Finnish (4)

Catalan (3)

Faroese (3)

Swedish (3)

Serbo-Croatian (3)

Arabic (2)

Translingual (2)

Phoenician (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Irish (2)

Hungarian (2)

Malay (2)

Portuguese (2)

Spanish (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Ancient Greek (1)

Latin (1)

Asturian (1)

Czech (1)

Galician (1)

Slovak (1)

Esperanto (1)

Aramaic (1)

Slovene (1)

Maltese (1)

Akkadian (1)

Punic (1)

Ugaritic (1)

Amharic (1)

Ge'ez (1)

Tigrinya (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Turkish (1)

Japanese (1)

Mandaic (1)

Estonian (1)

Norman (1)

Wolof (1)

Azerbaijani (1)

Old English (1)

German (1)

Middle English (1)

Words from Proto-Semitic bayt- — 146 descendants | Etymology Explorer