Where does “biva” come from?

biva (Faroese) comes from Icelandic bifa, from French biffer, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

biva (Faroese): to quiver, to shake, to tremble

Definitions

  1. to quiver, to shake, to tremble

Ancestry of “biva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbifato budge
2Frenchbifferto cross out, strike through; to cancel, annul
3French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
4Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
5Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
Every word from Old French -ier →Every word from French -er →Every word from Middle French -er →