Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baitijaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom *bītaną (“to bite”) + *-janą. The meaning to restrain most likely developed from making horses bite down on a piece of metal connected to the reins that were used to direct the animal.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*baitijaną[1]
Inflection
editConjugation of *baitijaną (weak class 1)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *baitijan
- Old Norse: beita
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*baitjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 33