bīt-

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Type:	lexical
Meaning:	'struck'
Language:	Celtic
Phonemic analysis:	/bīt/-
From PIE:	*bhiH-to- 'struck'
From Proto-Celtic:	*bīto- 'struck'
Attestation:	atbiti

Commentary

to-adjective from the PIE root *b^hei̯H- 'strike' (OIr. -bíth 'struck'; cf. bii̯- 'striker'); not clearly in evidence in the Gaulish onomastic record – maybe in some names with second element -bito-, usually listed sub bitu- 'world, age, life'?

Corinna Salomon