Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baitijaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From *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 edit
Verb edit
*baitijaną[1]
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *baitijaną (weak class 1)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *baitijan
- Old Norse: beita
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*baitjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 33