both
English
/bəʊθ/, /boʊθ/, /boʊlθ/, [bɜʊ̯θ]
det
Definitions
- Each of the two; one and the other; .
Etymology
Derived from Middle English bothe inherited from Old English bā þā (both the, both those) 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
- booth English
- both-handed English
- both-handedly English
- both-handedness English
- handed English
- beide German
- beiderseits German
- beidseitig German
- beide Dutch, Flemish
- tussenbeide Dutch, Flemish
- *bai Proto-Germanic
- *bai- Proto-Germanic
- *bajjǫ̂ Proto-Germanic
- båda Swedish
- både Swedish
- både Norwegian Nynorsk
- båe Norwegian Nynorsk
- bā þā Old English
- bath Middle English
- bathe Middle English
- bothe Middle English
- tolboth Middle English
- báðir Old Norse
- bóð Old Norse
- búð Old Norse
- både Danish
- báðir Icelandic
- beide Middle Dutch
- báðir Faroese
- beide Middle High German
- bēde Middle High German
- béid Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌱𐌰𐌹 Gothic
- 𐌱𐌰𐌾𐍉𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- baith Scots
- allebeed Pennsylvania German
- beed Pennsylvania German