både
Danish
/bɔːðə/
conjunction
Definitions
- both
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse báðir (both) derived from Proto-Germanic *bai (both).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*bai
Gloss
both
Kanji
両
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- both English
- both-handed English
- beide German
- beiderseits German
- beidseitig German
- *bai Proto-Germanic
- *bai- Proto-Germanic
- *bajjǫ̂ Proto-Germanic
- båda Swedish
- både Swedish
- både Norwegian Nynorsk
- båe Norwegian Nynorsk
- bā þā Old English
- bothe Middle English
- beggja Old Norse
- báðir Old Norse
- begge Danish
- báðir Icelandic
- beide Old High German
- báðir Faroese
- beide Middle High German
- 𐌱𐌰𐌹 Gothic
- baith Scots