Where does “bist” come from?

bist (English) comes from Middle English bist, from Old English bist, from Proto-Germanic biusi — second-person singular present active indicative...

bist (English): Originally used to form the second person...

Definitions

  1. Originally used to form the second person...

Ancestry of “bist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishbistSecond-person singular present indicative form of...
2Old Englishbistsecond-person singular present of bēon
3Proto-Germanicbiusisecond-person singular present active indicative...
Every word from Proto-Germanic biusi
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