Where does “Bëss” come from?

Bëss (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German biz, from Proto-Germanic bitiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

Bëss (Luxembourgish): bite

Definitions

  1. bite

Ancestry of “Bëss”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbiz—
2Proto-Germanicbitizbite
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bitiz →