Where does “bàta” come from?

bàta (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Middle Irish bát, from Old English bāt, from Proto-West Germanic bait, from Proto-Germanic baitaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

bàta (Scottish Gaelic): boat; pinnace; barge

Definitions

  1. boat; pinnace; barge

Ancestry of “bàta”, step by step

bàta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Irish bát

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishbát—
2Old Englishbātthat which can be bitten, food, bait; boat, ship,...
3Proto-West Germanicbaitboat, ship
4Proto-Germanicbaitazboat, ship
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

via Middle English batte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishbatteAlternative form of bat; bat
2Old Frenchbattepestle
3Old Frenchbatreto beat; to hit; to strike
4Latinbattōto beat att. from 2nd c. CE
5Latinbattuōto beat, hit, pound, beat up, strike

Words derived from “bàta”

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