Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German bīzen, from Old High German bīzan, from Proto-West Germanic *bītan, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (to split). Cognate with German beißen, English bite, Dutch bijten.

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Verb edit

בײַסן (baysn) (past participle געביסן (gebisn))

  1. to bite

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