Where does “bite” come from?

bite (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic bitiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

bite (Old English): bite

Definitions

  1. bite

Ancestry of “bite”, step by step

bite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic bitiz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbitizbite
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

via Proto-West Germanic *biti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*bitibite

Words derived from “bite”

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