Words that come from Proto-Germanic “bītaną”

135 words across 37 languages descend from Proto-Germanic bītaną — including beetle, bite, bieten, bijten, bita, bide, bīta, biten.

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Dutch (23)

German (22)

Swedish (7)

Old English (7)

Norwegian Nynorsk (7)

Icelandic (6)

Italian (5)

Middle Dutch (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Old High German (3)

Vilamovian (3)

Gothic (3)

North Frisian (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Pennsylvania German (3)

Middle English (3)

Middle High German (3)

Old Frisian (2)

Faroese (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Plautdietsch (2)

Saterland Frisian (2)

Yiddish (2)

English (1)

West Frisian (1)

Low German (1)

Danish (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Old Norse (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Old Danish (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Indonesian (1)

Russenorsk (1)