Where does “bitter” come from?

bitter (Old Dutch) comes from Old Norse bitr, from Proto-Germanic bitraz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰidrós — biting, splitting.

bitter (Old Dutch): bitter

Definitions

  1. bitter

Ancestry of “bitter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebitrbitter
2Proto-Germanicbitrazbitter
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰidrósbiting, splitting

Words derived from “bitter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰidrós →Every word from Proto-Germanic bitraz →Every word from Old Norse bitr →