Where does “bitter” come from?

bitter (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Middle Low German bitter, from Old Saxon bittar, from Old Norse bitr, from Proto-Germanic bitraz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰidrós — biting, splitting.

bitter (Norwegian Nynorsk): bitter

Definitions

  1. bitter

Ancestry of “bitter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbitter—
2Old Saxonbittarbitter
3Old Norsebitrbitter
4Proto-Germanicbitrazbitter
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰidrósbiting, splitting
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰidrós →Every word from Proto-Germanic bitraz →Every word from Old Norse bitr →