bifian
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to tremble, shake
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *bibāną (shiver, quake) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (strike, fear, hit, beat, be afraid, be frightened, frighten, hew).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰeyh₂-
Gloss
strike, fear, hit, beat, be afraid, be frightened, frighten, hew
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
恐, 虞, 怖, 畏, 慄
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bive English
- φιτρός Ancient Greek
- *bʰe-bʰóyh₂-e, *bʰebʰóyh₂e Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeyH- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeyh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *bainaz Proto-Germanic
- *bainą Proto-Germanic
- *bibāną Proto-Germanic
- *bʰeyH- Proto-Germanic
- bäva Swedish
- beofian Old English
- beofung Old English
- eorþbeofung Old English
- भय Sanskrit
- अभय Sanskrit
- भय Sanskrit
- भयते Sanskrit
- भी Sanskrit
- bivien Middle English
- bifa Old Norse
- *biti Proto-Slavic
- *bojàti Proto-Slavic
- भय Hindi
- بیم Persian
- biben Old High German
- bibēn Old High German
- benaid Old Irish
- forben Old Irish
- frisben Old Irish
- indárban Old Irish
- భయంకరుడు Telugu
- భయావహము Telugu
- భయోత్పాతము Telugu
- భయోత్పాదకము Telugu
- bahaya Malay
- *bibēn gmw-pro
- *bivon Old Dutch
- ভয় Assamese
- ভয় খোৱা Assamese
- *binati Proto-Celtic
- *bēsman Proto-Celtic
- beven Middle Low German
- bhaya Pali
- *bʰayH- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *bʰiHmás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- bivon Old Saxon
- *bʰáyatay Proto-Indo-Aryan
- ভয় Bengali
- பயம் Tamil
- bebaya Javanese
- ಭಯ Kannada
- ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದನೆ Kannada
- भैय Konkani
- भय Old Gujarati
- ભૅ Vaghri
- bhay mkh-okm-A
- बिश़ोनॊ Shina