Where does “verbitteren” come from?

verbitteren (Dutch) comes from Dutch bitter, from Middle Dutch bitter, from Old Dutch bitter, from Old Norse bitr, from Proto-Germanic bitraz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰidrós — biting, splitting.

verbitteren (Dutch): to embitter

Definitions

  1. to embitter

Ancestry of “verbitteren”, step by step

verbitteren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch bitter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbitterbitter; bitter, embittered; A type of strong...
2Middle Dutchbitterbitter; sad, painful
3Old Dutchbitterbitter
4Old Norsebitrbitter
5Proto-Germanicbitrazbitter
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰidrósbiting, splitting

via Dutch ver- -en

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchver- -enForms factitive or ergative verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" or "to become (adjective)"
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰidrós