Where does “bittre” come from?

bittre (Middle English) comes from Old English biter, from Old Norse bitr, from Proto-Germanic bitraz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰidrós — biting, splitting.

bittre (Middle English): bitter

Definitions

  1. bitter

Ancestry of “bittre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbiterbitter; bitter, severe, painful, biting
2Old Norsebitrbitter
3Proto-Germanicbitrazbitter
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰidrósbiting, splitting

Words derived from “bittre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰidrós →Every word from Proto-Germanic bitraz →Every word from Old Norse bitr →