Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/biti

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

*biti m^[1]

bite

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*biti
Genitive	*bitī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*biti	*bitī
Accusative	*biti	*bitī
Genitive	*bitī	*bittjō
Dative	*bitī	bitim, bittjum
Instrumental	*bitī	bitim, bittjum

Derived terms

*bittjan

Descendants

Old English: bite
- Middle English: bitte, bite (merged with descendant of Old English bita)
  - Scots: bit
  - English: bit
Old Frisian: biti, bite
- Saterland Frisian: Biet
- West Frisian: bit
Old Saxon: biti
- Middle Low German: bēte, bēt, bette, bitte
  - German Low German: Beet, Biet
Old Dutch: *biti
- Middle Dutch: bete
  - Dutch: beet
  - Limburgish: beet
Old High German: biz
- Middle High German: biz
  - Alemannic German: Bitz
  - German: Biss
  - Luxembourgish: Bëss
  - Yiddish: ביס (bis)

References

^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “beet”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

[1] Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “beet”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

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