Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).
A small amount of something. · A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal. · A rotary cutting tool, fitted to a drill, brace, or router, used to bore or drill holes or to remove material from the profile of the workpiece. · A coin of a specified value.
From Middle English bitte, bite, from Old English bita (“bit; fragment; morsel”) and bite (“a bite; cut”), from Proto-Germanic *bitô and *bitiz; both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). More at bite. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian bit, Saterland Frisian Bit, Dutch bit, German Low German Beet, Biet, German Biss and Bissen, Danish bid, Swedish bit, Icelandic biti.
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- Inherited-form mentionbitteenm
- Inherited-form mentionbitaang · bit; fragment; morsel
- Inherited-form mention*bitôgem-pro
- Derivation mention*bʰeyd-ine-pro · to split
- Cognate mentionbitfy
- Cognate mentionBitstq
- Cognate mentionbitnl
- Cognate mentionBissde
- Cognate mentionbidda
- Cognate mentionbitsv
- Cognate mentionbitiis
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