Words that come from Proto-Germanic bītaną

277 words across 44 languages descend from Proto-Germanic bītaną — including bet, bite, bait, byte, beetle, baiting, nibble, nibbling.

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English (129)

Middle English (13)

German (11)

Dutch (10)

Japanese (9)

Portuguese (9)

Swedish (7)

Italian (7)

Danish (6)

Icelandic (6)

Norwegian Bokmål (6)

Bengali (5)

Old English (5)

Middle Dutch (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Old High German (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Middle High German (3)

Faroese (2)

Vilamovian (2)

Gothic (2)

Polish (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Old French (2)

Old Norse (2)

Spanish (2)

Pennsylvania German (2)

Thai (2)

Galician (2)

Hungarian (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Lithuanian (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Korean (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Burmese (1)

Norman (1)

Finnish (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Old Danish (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)