> If its got to be an infix keyword operator, I'm not crazy about "beget".  I'd 
> prefer "proto".

+2

> The next best I can come up with is "share".  (That is assuming that "sub" 
> and "subclass" are off-limits because ES.next.next may someday have a "class" 
> keyword.)

+1

> If the left and right-hand sides of the operator were swapped, it would be 
> easy to name the operator:  "inherit" would be an obvious choice.  We need 
> the inverse of "inherit", something like "designate an heir", but I don't 
> think English has a word with that meaning.  The word "heir" itself is nice 
> and short, but I assume that the fact that it is not a verb disqualifies it.

German has a word for it, my dictionary says the translation is “bequeath”.

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