Where does “bifa” come from?
bifa (Icelandic) comes from French biffer, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...
bifa (Icelandic): to budge
Ancestry of “bifa”, step by step
bifa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French biffer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | biffer | to cross out, strike through; to cancel, annul |
| 2 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 3 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 4 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |
via Proto-Germanic bibāną
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | bibāną | to tremble, quake, shiver |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyH- | to beat, strike, hew; to strike; beat; to fear,... |
Words derived from “bifa”