Where does “bitæ” come from?

bitæ (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse bíta, from Proto-Germanic bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

Ancestry of “bitæ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebítato bite
2Proto-Germanicbītanąto bite
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “bitæ”

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