Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bītan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bītaną.

Verb

*bītan

to bite

Inflection

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Descendants

Old English: bītan
- Middle English: biten
  - English: bite
  - Scots: bite
Old Frisian: bīta
- Saterland Frisian: biete
- West Frisian: bite
Old Saxon: bītan
- Middle Low German: bîten
  - Low German: bieten
Old Dutch: *bītan
- Middle Dutch: biten
  - Dutch: bijten
  - Limburgish: biete
Old High German: bīzan
- Middle High German: bīzen
  - German: beißen
  - Hunsrik: beise
  - Luxembourgish: bäissen
  - Rhine Franconian: beiße
  - Vilamovian: bȧjsa
  - Yiddish: בײַסן‎ (baysn)

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