Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “bʰi-”
400 words across 10 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European bʰi- — including be, by, are, were, been, bit, boat, r.
See the etymology of bʰi- itself →
English (383)
- be
- by
- are
- were
- been
- bit
- boat
- r
- thereby
- bits
- whereby
- bet
- bite
- bye
- boot
- bees
- bee
- hereby
- bait
- ben
- byte
- beetle
- steamboat
- bein
- fission
- bygone
- bequest
- fistula
- boatswain
- boating
- bootstrap
- weir
- baiting
- gunboat
- nibble
- nibbling
- bitmap
- lifeboat
- sailboat
- rowboat
- beeswax
- reboot
- fester
- boathouse
- frostbite
- houseboat
- abet
- bettor
- beeline
- bootleg
- tidbit
- longboat
- riverboat
- bitwise
- motorboat
- feta
- bootless
- whaleboat
- honeybee
- ferryboat
- speedboat
- bosun
- boatload
- yttrium
- bateau
- bitstream
- tugboat
- howbeit
- abettor
- bootable
- biter
- beekeeper
- flatboat
- bootlegging
- bytecode
- BitTorrent
- bitrate
- erbium
- bitty
- snakebite
- gigabyte
- bootlegger
- beekeeping
- fissionable
- bootmaker
- fistulous
- gigabit
- bootblack
- boater
- megabyte
- betcha
- boatyard
- abetter
- baitfish
- whitebait
- abe
- powerboat
- overbite
- airboat
- terabyte
- boathook
- keelboat
- bitline
- bean't
- abetment
- steamboating
- fissiparous
- aren't
- spinnerbait
- ytterbium
- baiter
- towboat
- fissioning
- kilobyte
- boatbuilding
- bootjack
- boatbuilder
- biteth
- bootlace
- gumboot
- beant
- bitemark
- boatlift
- bitewing
- bumboat
- megabit
- crossbite
- showboat
- terbium
- weren't
- multibit
- paddleboat
- albe
- multibyte
- bearbaiting
- multiboot
- bullbaiting
- sauceboat
- dreamboat
- beable
- jailbait
- baitcasting
- bitmask
- bareboat
- iceboat
- mailboat
- petabyte
- boatie
- crankbait
- bitstring
- booter
- nibbler
- narrowboat
- underbite
- fireboat
- stoneboat
- fistulization
- that're
- steamboatman
- workboat
- fleabite
- fiss
- seaboat
- boatwoman
- bitset
- closeby
- ladybeetle
- unbootable
- terabit
- bootheel
- bitplane
- humblebee
- bittock
- bootmaking
- fistulotomy
- overbet
- exabyte
- bootlicker
- multigigabit
- bitwidth
- bootstrapper
- boatlike
- logboat
- snakebit
- boatsman
- boatless
- fistular
- werenae
- bootlick
- midbite
- beelike
- houseboating
- fistulogram
- boatneck
- fistulation
- bootprint
- Ytterby
- powerboating
- rebait
- bitfield
- bootboy
- bootlessly
- underbet
- frogbit
- boattail
- fistulose
- bewith
- centrebit
- beebread
- beemaster
- autoboot
- quadbit
- booteth
- boatowner
- photofission
- folboat
- netboot
- fishboat
- jetboat
- quasifission
- nonfissionable
- beehouse
- crowbait
- boatable
- bootlike
- sailboating
- dayboat
- foldboat
- beetlelike
- fissiparousness
- beetlehead
- bitless
- boothose
- milliare
- bitey
- swingby
- nibbly
- these're
- lifeboatman
- those're
- rebite
- fishbait
- baitless
- preboot
- boatmate
- boatbill
- wasteweir
- houseboater
- bootful
- showboater
- petabit
- yottabyte
- nonfission
- sobeit
- zettabyte
- bitness
- boaty
- bitee
- bootsole
- bottine
- bytewise
- playboating
- bitlength
- prebaiting
- beetly
- boatmaking
- multimegabit
- fistulize
- unbit
- unboot
- multiterabyte
- seaboot
- bitest
- workboot
- bitstate
- bitstock
- policeboat
- fissionability
- betee
- beey
- bettable
- beeless
- swingboat
- boatage
- bootlessness
- lightboat
- redbait
- niblet
- rebit
- boatmaker
- playboat
- benmost
- bein'
- powerboater
- gonnabe
- beely
- topboot
- beeyard
- bootstep
- fissional
- bittiness
- swordboat
- tidge
- erbate
- jetboating
- beeskep
- boatward
- bootscraper
- prebait
- horseboat
- aeroboat
- festereth
- dorbeetle
- boatbearer
- overboot
- bootload
- steamboater
- iceboater
- centerbit
- baitwell
- biteless
- gumbooted
- baitshop
- baithook
- fishweir
- stinkbait
- beeswarm
- riverboatman
- abettance
- poleboat
- overbit
- boatperson
- fissionlike
- queerbait
- festerment
- rainboot
- beeling
- bootblock
- abettal
- bootikin
- bitflip
- weirlike
- beehood
- radioyttrium
- baiteth
- interbit
- antibootlegging
- bytestring
- beedom
- chopboat
- fissiparously
- bittily
- nonfissioning
- shrimpboat
- bootneck
- forthby
- unfissionable
- baitable
- beehiving
- nibbleth
- boottree
- fettucce
- flamebait
- bootability
- beeproof
- erbian
- afterbite
- nonboating
- motorboater
- baitholder
- eelboat
- fissilingual
- fissipedal
- fistuliform
- forebite
- nibblingly
- spyboat
- terbic
- trawlboat
- trifistulary
- ytterbic
- yttric
- yttriferous