释义 |
bheid- To split; with Germanic derivatives referring to biting (hence also to eating and to hunting) and woodworking. Derivatives include bite, bitter, and fission.- beetle1, bite, from Old English bītan, to bite;
- tsimmes, from Old High German bīzan, bizzan, to bite. Both a and b from Germanic *bītan.
- Zero-grade form *bhid‑.
- bit2, from Old English bite, a bite, sting, from Germanic *bitiz;
- bit1, from Old English bita, a piece bitten off, morsel;
- bitt, from a Germanic source akin to Old Norse biti, bit, crossbeam;
- pizza, from Italian pizza, pizza, from a Germanic source akin to Old High German bizzo, pizzo, bite, morsel. (i)-(iii) all from Germanic *bitōn‑;
- pita, from Medieval Greek pita, perhaps from Gothic *bita, bite, morsel. (i)-(iv) all from Germanic *bitōn‑.
- suffixed form *bhid-ro‑. bitter, from Old English bit(t)er, "biting," sharp, bitter.
- O-grade form *bhoid‑.
- bait1, from Old Norse beita (verb), to hunt with dogs, and beita (noun), pasture, food;
- abet, from Old French beter, to harass with dogs. Both a and b from Germanic *baitjan.
- giblets, from Old French gibiez, game, from Germanic *gabaiti‑ (*ga‑, collective prefix; see kom).
- bateau, boat; boatswain, from Old English bāt, boat, from Germanic *bait‑, a boat (< "dugout canoe" or "split planking").
- Nasalized zero-grade form *bhi-n-d‑. -fid, fissi-, fissile, fission, fissure, vent2, from Latin findere, to split.
[Pokorny bheid‑ 116.] |
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