| Language | Reflex(es) | Gloss | Grammar | Sources |
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| English |
| Old English | bētan | to boot | vb | CDC LRC |
| Old English | bet(e)ra | better | adj.comp | W7 CDC LRC |
| Old English | bet(e)re | better | adv.comp | CDC LRC |
| Old English | bet(e)st | best | adj.sup | W7 CDC LRC |
| Old English | bet(ō)st | best | adv.sup | CDC LRC |
| Old English | bōt | boot; help, offering | n.fem | W7 ASD LRC |
| Middle English | best | best | adv.sup | CDC LRC |
| Middle English | beste | best | adj.sup | CDC LRC |
| Middle English | bet(t)er, betre | better | adv.comp | CDC LRC |
| Middle English | bettre, bet(t)ere | better | adj.comp | W7 CDC LRC |
| Middle English | boote, bot(e) | boot, profit | n | CDC LRC |
| Middle English | bot(e), boot | boot, cure, salvation | n | MEV W7 LRC |
| Middle English | bōten, beten | to boot | vb | CDC LRC |
| English | batten | to grow fat | vb | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | best | excelling all others | adj | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | better | more than half | adj | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | boot | redress, remedy, compensation; deliverance | n | ASD W7 LRC |
| English | boot | to help, avail, profit | vb | W7 LRC |
| West Germanic |
| Old Frisian | beste | best | adj.sup | CDC LRC |
| Old Frisian | bet(e)re | better | adj.comp | CDC LRC |
| Old Frisian | bōte | boot, profit, advantage; repair, reparation | n | CDC LRC |
| Old Frisian | bote | boot, assistance | n.fem | ASD LRC |
| Dutch | baat | boot, gain, profit, advantage | n | CDC LRC |
| Dutch | baten | to boot | vb | CDC LRC |
| Dutch | best | best | adj.sup | CDC LRC |
| Dutch | beter | better | adj.comp | CDC LRC |
| Dutch | boete | boot, assistance | n.fem | ASD LRC |
| Old Saxon | betara, betera | better | adj.comp | CDC LRC |
| Old Saxon | betsto | best | adj.sup | CDC LRC |
| Old Saxon | bōta | boot, assistance | n.fem | ASD LRC |
| Middle Low German | bate | gain, profit, advantage | n | CDC LRC |
| Middle Low German | baten | to boot, help | vb | CDC LRC |
| Low German | bate | gain, profit, advantage | n | CDC LRC |
| Low German | baten | to boot, help | vb | CDC LRC |
| Low German | bote | boot, profit, advantage; repair, reparation | n | CDC LRC |
| Old High German | bezziro | better | adj.comp | CDC LRC |
| Old High German | bezzisto | best | adj.sup | CDC LRC |
| Old High German | bōza | boot, assistance | n.fem | ASD LRC |
| Old High German | buoza | boot, profit, advantage; repair, reparation | n | CDC LRC |
| Middle High German | bezzer | better | adj.comp | CDC LRC |
| Middle High German | bezzist, best | best | adj.sup | CDC LRC |
| Middle High German | buoz(e) | boot, assistance | n | ASD LRC |
| German | besser | better | adj | LRC |
| German | best | best | adj.sup | CDC LRC |
| German | Busse | boot, profit, advantage; repair, reparation | n.fem | CDC LRC |
| German | Busze | boot, assistance | n.fem | ASD LRC |
| North Germanic |
| Old Norse | batna | to improve | vb | W7 LRC |
| Old Norse | betr | better, more | adv.comp | LRC |
| Old Norse | betri | better | adj.comp | LRC |
| Old Norse | beztr | best | adj.sup | LRC |
| Old Norse | bót | boot, atonement | n.fem | LRC |
| Icelandic | bati | advantage, improvement | n | CDC LRC |
| Icelandic | betri | better | adj.comp | CDC LRC |
| Icelandic | beztr, baztr | best | adj.sup | CDC LRC |
| Icelandic | bōt | boot, assistance | n.fem | ASD LRC |
| Danish | bedre | better | adj.comp | CDC LRC |
| Danish | bedst | best | adj.sup | CDC LRC |
| Danish | bod | boot, assistance | n | ASD LRC |
| Swedish | bot | boot, assistance | n.masc | ASD LRC |
| Swedish | bäst | best | adj.sup | CDC LRC |
| Swedish | bättre | better | adj.comp | CDC LRC |
| East Germanic |
| Gothic | *batan | to boot, be useful | vb | CDC LRC |
| Gothic | batists | best | adj.sup | ASD LRC |
| Gothic | batiza | better | adj.comp | ASD LRC |
| Gothic | bota, bōta | boot, advantage | n.str.fem | ASD LRC |
| Gothic | ga-batnan | to boot, be bettered | vb | CDC LRC |
| Indo-Iranian |
| Sanskrit | bhadra | fortunate | adj | W7 LRC |