Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bitōną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *bitô (“piece, bit, chunk”) +‎ *-ōną, or of iterative origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.tɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*bitōną

1. to cut into bits
2. to crunch, gnash

Inflection

Conjugation of *bitōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bitō	*bitǭ	—	*bitōi	?
2nd singular	*bitōsi	*bitōs	*bitō	*bitōsai	*bitōsau
3rd singular	*bitōþi	*bitō	*bitōþau	*bitōþai	*bitōþau
1st dual	*bitōs	*bitōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*bitōþiz	*bitōþiz	*bitōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*bitōmaz	*bitōm	—	*bitōnþai	*bitōnþau
2nd plural	*bitōþ	*bitōþ	*bitōþ	*bitōnþai	*bitōnþau
3rd plural	*bitōnþi	*bitōn	*bitōnþau	*bitōnþai	*bitōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bitōdǭ	*bitōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*bitōdēz	*bitōdēdīz
3rd singular	*bitōdē	*bitōdēdī
1st dual	*bitōdēdū	*bitōdēdīw
2nd dual	*bitōdēdudiz	*bitōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*bitōdēdum	*bitōdēdīm
2nd plural	*bitōdēdud	*bitōdēdīd
3rd plural	*bitōdēdun	*bitōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*bitōndz	*bitōdaz

Related terms

• *bītaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *bitōn
  • Old English: *bitian
    • ⇒ Old English: gristbitian
      • Middle English: grisbiten, grysbetten (merged with descendant of *gristbittan)
        • English: gristbite
  • Old High German: *bizōn, *bizzōn
    • ⇒ Old High German: inbizōn, imbizōn
    • ⇒? Middle High German: durchbitzen
• Old Norse: bita
  • Icelandic: bita