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

bíth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic bitus

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

via Proto-Celtic bitu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticbitu—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyh₂-to fear, be afraid; to strike, hit; to hew, cut

Words derived from “bíth”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷiH-tu- →Every word from Proto-Celtic bitus →