Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “biz” come from?

biz (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic bitiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

Ancestry of “biz”, step by step

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

Words derived from “biz”

  • Biss
  • bis
  • bissig
  • bissfest
  • Zeckenbiss
  • biz
  • ביס
  • ביסל
  • Bëss
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →