Where does “bītan” come from?

bītan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic bītan, from Proto-Germanic bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

bītan (Old Saxon): to bite

Definitions

  1. to bite

Ancestry of “bītan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbītanto bite
2Proto-Germanicbītanąto bite
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “bītan”

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