Where does “bete” come from?

bete (Middle Low German) comes from Latin bēta, from Latin -ina, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

Ancestry of “bete”, step by step

bete traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin bēta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinbētaA beet
2Latin-inanominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative...
3Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
4Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
5Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
6Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Old Saxon biti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonbiti—
2Proto-West Germanic*bitibite

Words derived from “bete”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Latin -ina →