Where does “bite” come from?

bite (Latvian) comes from Proto-Indo-European bʰī- — to hit, to pierce.

bite (Latvian): bee

Definitions

  1. bee

Ancestry of “bite”, step by step

bite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European bʰī-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰī-to hit, to pierce

via Proto-Indo-European bʰey-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “bite”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰī- →