Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *baitijanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_baitijaną
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*bʰeyd-to split
verbWeak class 1to make biteto restrain, to rein in, to bridleto make grazeFrom *bītaną (‘to bite’) + *-(i)janą(causative suffix forming Weak class 1 verbs). Ultimately from *bʰoyd-éye/o-, from an o-grade form of Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeyd- (‘to split’).