Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bītaną

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This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt, from *bʰeyd- (to split).

Pronunciation

Verb

*bītaną

  1. to bite

Inflection

Conjugation of *bītaną (strong class 1)
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

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bītan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 65
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*bītanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 46