bitter
German (Berlin)
/ˈbɪ.tɐ/
adj
Definitions
- bitter
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German bitter inherited from Old High German bittar inherited from *bit(t)r inherited from Proto-Germanic *bitraz (bitter) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (split, break, cleave, separate, chop, break down).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰeyd-
Gloss
split, break, cleave, separate, chop, break down
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bit English
- bite English
- bitter English
- bitterbrush English
- bittercress English
- bitterful English
- bittering English
- bitterish English
- bitterling English
- bitterly English
- bittermelon English
- bitterness English
- bitternut English
- bitterroot English
- bittersome English
- bittersweet English
- bitterweed English
- bitterwood English
- bitterwort English
- debitter English
- embitter English
- fissile English
- imbitter English
- overbitter English
- unbitter English
- fibra Latin
- findere, findō Latin
- fissio Latin
- fissiōnem Latin
- fissura Latin
- fistula Latin
- Bitterkeit German
- Bitterling German
- Bitterorange German
- Bittersalz German
- Bitterspat German
- Bittersüß German
- Erbitterung German
- Orange German
- Salz German
- Spat German
- arm German
- bisschen German
- bitterarm German
- bitterböse German
- bitterkalt German
- bittersüß German
- böse German
- entbittern German
- erbittern German
- kalt German
- süß German
- fessacchiotto Italian
- beetje Dutch, Flemish
- bijten Dutch, Flemish
- bit Dutch, Flemish
- bitter Dutch, Flemish
- bitterbal Dutch, Flemish
- bitteren Dutch, Flemish
- bitterkoek Dutch, Flemish
- bitterwortel Dutch, Flemish
- bitterzoet Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰinédti Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰéydt Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeygʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *baitaz Proto-Germanic
- *baitidaz Proto-Germanic
- *baitijaną Proto-Germanic
- *baitislą Proto-Germanic
- *baitō Proto-Germanic
- *bitiz Proto-Germanic
- *bitraz Proto-Germanic
- *bitô Proto-Germanic
- *bitą Proto-Germanic
- *bītaną Proto-Germanic
- bitter Swedish
- bitterhet Swedish
- bit Norwegian Nynorsk
- biter Old English
- biterlice Old English
- biternes Old English
- bitter Old English
- winterbiter Old English
- भेद Sanskrit
- bitter Middle English
- beizla Old Norse
- bita Old Norse
- biti Old Norse
- bitill Old Norse
- bitlaðr Old Norse
- bitr Old Norse
- bitull Old Norse
- biter Serbo-Croatian
- bitur Icelandic
- bitter Middle Dutch
- bittar Old High German
- bīzan Old High German
- bitra Ido
- bitter Middle High German
- Batteralzem Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- batter Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ביטער Yiddish
- *bit(t)r gmw-pro
- bitter Old Dutch
- bitter Middle Low German
- bittar Old Saxon
- *findō Proto-Italic
- *beid-ska Proto-Albanian
- better Central Franconian
- bita Sranan Tongo