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”

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