From Middle English biten, from Old English bītan, from Proto-West Germanic *bītan, from Proto-Germanic *bītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-. Cognates include Saterland Frisian biete, West Frisian bite, Dutch bijten, German Low German bieten, German beißen, Danish bide, Swedish bita, Norwegian Bokmål bite, Norwegian Nynorsk bita, Icelandic bíta, Gothic 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽, Latin findō, Ancient Greek φείδομαι, Sanskrit भिद्.
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