Where does “bētan” come from?

bētan (Middle Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic baitijaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

Ancestry of “bētan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbaitijanąto make bite; to make graze; to restrain, to rein...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “bētan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baitijaną →