Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bītaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt, from *bʰeyd- (“to split”).
Pronunciation
Verb
- to bite
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *bītō | *bītaų | — | *bītai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *bītizi | *bītaiz | *bīt | *bītazai | *bītaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *bītidi | *bītai | *bītadau | *bītadai | *bītaidau | |
| 1st dual | *bītōz | *bītaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *bītadiz | *bītaidiz | *bītadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *bītamaz | *bītaim | — | *bītandai | *bītaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *bītid | *bītaid | *bītid | *bītandai | *bītaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *bītandi | *bītain | *bītandau | *bītandai | *bītaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *bait | *bitį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *baist | *bitīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *bait | *bitī | ||||
| 1st dual | *bitū | *bitīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *bitudiz | *bitīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *bitum | *bitīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *bitud | *bitīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *bitun | *bitīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *bītandz | *bitanaz | ||||
Derived terms
- *baitijaną
- *bītilaz (“beetle”, literally “biter”)
- *bītilaz (“bite; small piece, bit”)
- *bitiz (“bite”, noun)
- Proto-West Germanic: *biti
- *bitô
- *bitraz
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *bītan
- Old Norse: bíta
- Gothic: 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (beitan)