Where does “mýbit” come from?

mýbit (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic bít, from Icelandic bíta, from Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

mýbit (Icelandic): the bite of a midge or blackfly

Definitions

  1. the bite of a midge or blackfly

Ancestry of “mýbit”, step by step

mýbit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic bít

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbítfirst-person singular active present indicative...
2Icelandicbítato bite someone or something; to sting; to be...
3Old Norsebítato bite
4Proto-Germanicbītanąto bite
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

via Icelandic mý

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmýmidge, blackfly, midget, gnat; mu
2Ancient Greekμῦmu, the name for the twelfth letter Μ, μ of the...
3Phoenician𐤌𐤌water
4Proto-Semiticmāy-water
5Proto-Afroasiaticmaʔ-water
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bītaną →