bit
Norwegian
noun-m1
Definitions
- a bit, piece of something
- a bite, mouthful of food
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse biti (beam) 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
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bit English
- bitter English
- bitts English
- fissile English
- fibra Latin
- findere, findō Latin
- fissio Latin
- fissiōnem Latin
- fissura Latin
- fistula Latin
- bisschen German
- fessacchiotto Italian
- beetje Dutch, Flemish
- bijten Dutch, Flemish
- bit Dutch, Flemish
- bitte French
- *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰinédti Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰéydt Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeygʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- is Norwegian Bokmål
- isbit Norwegian Bokmål
- smake Norwegian Bokmål
- smakebit Norwegian Bokmål
- stein Norwegian Bokmål
- steinbit Norwegian Bokmål
- *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
- bit Swedish
- bit Norwegian Nynorsk
- भेद Sanskrit
- beizla Old Norse
- bita Old Norse
- biti Old Norse
- bitill Old Norse
- bitlaðr Old Norse
- bitr Old Norse
- bitull Old Norse
- bīzan Old High German
- bitter Middle Low German
- betta Westrobothnian
- *findō Proto-Italic
- *beid-ska Proto-Albanian