Where does “bite” come from?

bite (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

bite (Norwegian Nynorsk): to bite

Definitions

  1. to bite

Ancestry of “bite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebítato bite
2Proto-Germanicbītanąto bite
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bītaną →