FromMiddle Low Germanbaten,batten, fromProto-Germanic*batāną(“to improve”), cognate withDutchbaten(“to avail”).Doublet ofbåde.
batte (imperativebat,infinitiveatbatte,present tensebatter,past tensebattede,perfect tenseharbattet)
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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