Where does “bit” come from?
bit (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian biś, from Sanskrit विंशति, from Proto-Indo-Aryan HwiHśatí, from Proto-Indo-Iranian HwiHćati, from Proto-Indo-European h₁wih₁ḱm̥t, from Proto-Indo-European dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti — two tens; two decades; twenty; two-ten.
bit (Lower Sorbian): supine of biś
Ancestry of “bit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Lower Sorbian | biś | to hit, strike, beat |
| 2 | Sanskrit | विंशति | twenty, a score |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | HwiHśatí | twenty |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HwiHćati | twenty |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁wih₁ḱm̥t | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti | two tens; two decades; twenty; two-ten |