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Where does “bith” come from?

bith (Middle English) comes from Old English biþ, from Proto-Germanic biuþi.

Ancestry of “bith”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbiþthird-person singular present of bēon
2Proto-Germanicbiuþi—
Every word from Proto-Germanic biuþi →