Where does “bettalich” come from?

bettalich (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch betta, from Middle Low German bitter, from Old Saxon bittar, from Old Norse bitr, from Proto-Germanic bitraz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰidrós — biting, splitting.

bettalich (Plautdietsch): bitterly

Definitions

  1. bitterly

Ancestry of “bettalich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschbettabitter
2Middle Low Germanbitter—
3Old Saxonbittarbitter
4Old Norsebitrbitter
5Proto-Germanicbitrazbitter
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰidrósbiting, splitting
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰidrós →Every word from Proto-Germanic bitraz →Every word from Old Norse bitr →