*bītaną

Runic: ᛒᛁᛏᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈbiː.tɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 1

Meanings

to bite

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt ~ *bʰidént, an a thematic root aorist of *bʰeyd- (‘to split’). Cognates are Ancient Greek φείδομαι (pheídomai) (pheídomai, ‘to spare’) and Sanskrit भेदति (bhédati) (bhédati, ‘splits’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	bītō	bītaų	–
2nd singular	bītizi	bītaiz	bīt
3rd singular	bītidi	bītai	bītadau
1st dual	bītōz	bītaiw	–
2nd dual	bītadiz	bītaidiz	bītadiz
1st plural	bītamaz	bītaim	–
2nd plural	bītid	bītaid	bītid
3rd plural	bītandi	bītain	bītandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	bītai	–
2nd singular	bītazai	bītaizau
3rd singular	bītadai	bītaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	bītandai	bītaindau
2nd plural	bītandai	bītaindau
3rd plural	bītandai	bītaindau

Past

Person	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

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
bītaną	bītandz	bitanaz

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Descendants

*bītan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bītan (Old Dutch)
  - biten (Middle Dutch)
    - biete (Limburgish)
*bītan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bītan (Old Dutch)
  - biten (Middle Dutch)
    - bijten (Dutch)
      - byt (Afrikaans)
*bītan (Proto-West Germanic)
- bītan (Old English)
  - biten (Middle English)
    - bite (English)
    - bite (Scots)
*bītan (Proto-West Germanic)
- bīta (Old Frisian)
  - biete (Saterland Frisian)
  - bite (West Frisian)
*bītan (Proto-West Germanic)
- bīȥan, pīȥan (Old High German)
  - bīȥen (Middle High German)
    - beißen (German)
    - bäissen (Luxembourgish)
    - beiße (Rhine Franconian)
    - בײַסן (baysn) (Yiddish)
*bītan (Proto-West Germanic)
- bītan (Old Saxon)
  - bîten (Middle Low German)
    - bieten (Low German)
bíta (Old Norse)
- bíta (Faroese)
- bäite (Gutnish)
- bíta (Icelandic)
- bita, bida (Norwegian Nynorsk)
bíta (Old Norse)
- bītæ (Old Danish)
  - bide (Danish)
    - bite (Norwegian Bokmål)
bíta (Old Norse)
- bīta (Old Swedish)
  - bita (Swedish)
𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (beitan) (Gothic)

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