Where does “bisschen” come from?
bisschen (German) comes from German Bissen, from Italian bizze, from Old High German bizzo, from Proto-West Germanic *bitō, from Proto-Germanic bitô, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.
bisschen (German): (a) bit; (a) little
Definitions
- (a) bit; (a) little
Ancestry of “bisschen”, step by step
bisschen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bissen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bissen | morsel; mouthful; a bite of food |
| 2 | Italian | bizze | plural of bizza |
| 3 | Old High German | bizzo | biting, morsel |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *bitō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bitô | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyd- | to split |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |
via German biss
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | biss | first/third-person singular preterite of beißen |