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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bitraz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *bʰidrós (biting, splitting), equivalent to *bītaną + *-raz.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbit.rɑz/

Adjective

*bitraz

  1. bitter

Inflection


Descendants

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*bitra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 66
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