bivon

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bibjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂-, *bʰoyh₂- (“to be frightened”). Cognates to Old Frisian bivia, Old English bifian, Dutch beven, Old High German bibēn (German beben), Old Norse bifa (Swedish bäva). Indo-European cognates are found in Slavic *bōyātī (боꙗти (bojati, “to fear”), Russian бояться, Polish bać się), Baltic *baida- (Lithuanian baidas)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbifon/

Verb

bivon

1. to shake
2. to shiver or tremble