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Where does “bai” come from?

bai (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European bʰoh₁.

bai (Proto-Germanic): both

Definitions

  1. both

Ancestry of “bai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰoh₁—

Words derived from “bai”

  • both
  • booth
  • bothy
  • tollbooth
  • boothlike
  • boothless
  • ticketbooth
  • boothmate
  • telebooth
  • forebooth
  • toll booth
  • both-handed
  • both-handedness
  • both-handedly
  • ticket booth
  • boothman
  • ブース
  • både
  • bägge
  • båda
  • begge
  • både
  • båe
  • begge
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