Männlich

Biss

Bedeutung (Englisch)

bite (instance or way of biting; wound from biting)

Frequenz

C1
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/bɪs/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle High German biȥ, from Old High German biȥ, from Proto-West Germanic *biti, from Proto-Germanic *bitiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”). Cognate with Old English bite. In Dutch beet, English bit, this word has been merged with Proto-Germanic *bitô, whence German Bissen. (Modern English bite is a new derivation from the verb.)

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