Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baitijaną
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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[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 33