Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary

Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *bitōną Scott K. Shay Wardja Press https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_bitōną

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*bʰeyd- to split

verb Weak class 2 to cut into bits to crunch, gnash From earlier paradigm *bit(t)ōþi ~ *bitunanþi, from pre-Germanic *bʰid-néh₂-ti ~ *bʰid-n̥h₂-énti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeyd- (‘to split). Iterative of *bītaną (‘to bite’).