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Where does “bivon” come from?

bivon (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic bibāną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyH- — to beat, strike, hew; to strike; beat; to fear,...

bivon (Old Saxon): to shake; to shiver or tremble

Definitions

  1. to shake; to shiver or tremble

Ancestry of “bivon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbibānąto tremble, quake, shiver
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰeyH-to beat, strike, hew; to strike; beat; to fear,...
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