Where does “bîten” come from?

bîten (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon bītan, from Proto-West Germanic bītan, from Proto-Germanic bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

Ancestry of “bîten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonbītanto bite
2Proto-West Germanicbītanto bite
3Proto-Germanicbītanąto bite
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “bîten”

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