Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo cut into something by clamping the teeth. · To hold something by clamping one's teeth. · To attack with the teeth. · To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt Proto-Germanic *bītaną Proto-West Germanic *bītan Old English bītan Middle English biten English bite From Middle English biten, from Old English bītan (“bite”), from Proto-West Germanic *bītan, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną (“bite”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“split”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian biete (“bite”), West Frisian bite (“bite”), Dutch bijten (“bite”), German Low German bieten (“bite”), German beißen, beissen (“bite”), Danish bide (“bite”), Swedish bita (“bite”), Norwegian Bokmål bite (“bite”), Norwegian Nynorsk bita (“bite”), Faroese and Icelandic bíta (“bite”), Gothic 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (beitan, “bite”), Latin findō (“split”), Ancient Greek φείδομαι (pheídomai), Sanskrit भिद् (bhid, “break”).
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- Inherited-form mentionbitenenm
- Inherited-form mentionbītanang
- Inherited-form mention*bītangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*bītanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*bʰeyd-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionbietestq
- Cognate mentionbitefy
- Cognate mentionbijtennl
- Cognate mentionbeißende
- Cognate mentionbideda
- Cognate mentionbitasv
- Cognate mentionbitenb
- Cognate mentionbitann
- Cognate mention𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽got
- Cognate mentionfindōla
- Cognate mentionφείδομαιgrc
- Cognate mentionभिद्sa
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"To cut into something by clamping the teeth.",
"To hold something by clamping one's teeth.",
"To attack with the teeth.",
"To behave aggressively; to reject advances."
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