Where does “bātsweġen” come from?

bātsweġen (Old English) comes from Old English bāt, from Proto-West Germanic bait, from Proto-Germanic baitaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

bātsweġen (Old English): a boatman

Definitions

  1. a boatman

Ancestry of “bātsweġen”, step by step

bātsweġen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English bāt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbātthat which can be bitten, food, bait; boat, ship,...
2Proto-West Germanicbaitboat, ship
3Proto-Germanicbaitazboat, ship
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

via Old English sweġen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsweġen—
2Old Norsesveinnboy, lad; servant, lackey
3Proto-Germanicswainazrelative; kinsman; young man; herder; herdsman,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself

Words derived from “bātsweġen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baitaz →