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Where does “bíth” come from?

bíth (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic bitus, from Proto-Indo-European gʷiH-tu- — life.

bíth (Old Irish): inflection of at·tá: ## third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. inflection of at·tá: ## third-person singular...

Ancestry of “bíth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticbitusworld
2Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷiH-tu-life

Words derived from “bíth”

  • bith
  • byth
  • bith
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷiH-tu- →