Where does “bitle” come from?

bitle (Middle English) comes from Old English bitula, from Proto-Germanic bitulaz, from Proto-Germanic bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

Ancestry of “bitle”, step by step

bitle traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English bitula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbitula—
2Proto-Germanicbitulaz—
3Proto-Germanicbītanąto bite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

via Old English bītel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbītelbeetle

via Old English bitela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbitela—

Words derived from “bitle”

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