besser
German (Berlin)
/ˈbɛsɐ/
comparative adjective
Definitions
- better
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German bezziro inherited from Proto-Germanic *batizô (better).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*batizô
Gloss
better
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Besserwisser English
- Bhadra English
- better English
- betterer English
- betterest English
- bettereth English
- betterfy English
- betterhood English
- bettering English
- betterish English
- betterment English
- bettermost English
- bettern't English
- betterness English
- bettership English
- embetter English
- unbetterable English
- besserwisser Finnish
- Besserwisser German
- besserstellen German
- besserwisserisch German
- stellen German
- wissen German
- beter Dutch, Flemish
- beteren Dutch, Flemish
- beterschap Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰed-ró-s Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰed-rós Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰedʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- bedre Norwegian Bokmål
- *bataz Proto-Germanic
- *batizô Proto-Germanic
- besserwisser Swedish
- bättre Swedish
- betre Norwegian Nynorsk
- betera Old English
- भद्र Sanskrit
- better Middle English
- bettre Middle English
- betri Old Norse
- bedre Danish
- besserwisser Danish
- forbedre Danish
- betri Icelandic
- beter Middle Dutch
- bezziro Old High German
- beter Afrikaans
- betri Faroese
- bezzer Middle High German
- betë Albanian
- 𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌶𐌰 Gothic
- betera Old Dutch
- betiro Old Dutch
- betiro Old Saxon
- *bʰadrás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- better Western Frisian
- betterskip Western Frisian
- 𑀪𑀤𑁆𑀤 Sauraseni Prakrit