Old English biter

← Old English bītan (mention)

← German bitter (cognate)

← Proto-West Germanic *bit(t)r (inherited)

← Old High German bittar (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (root)

← Icelandic bitur (cognate)

← Low German bitter (cognate)

← Dutch bitter (cognate)

← Old Norse bitr (cognate)

← Old Saxon bittar (cognate)

← Swedish bitter (cognate)

→ English bitter (mention)

→ Old English biternes (suffix)

→ Old English biterlice (affix)

→ Old English winterbiter (compound)

→ Middle English bittre (mention)

→ Old High German bittar (cognate)

→ Old Norse bitr (mention)

→ Old Saxon bittar (cognate)