*bi-

Runic: ᛒᛁ Pronunciation: /bi/

prefix

Function

by, at; a general locative prefix.

Etymology

From *bi (‘by, at; near, around’).

Descendants

  • *bi- (Proto-West Germanic)
    • be- (Old English)
      • bi-, be-, by-, b- (Middle English)
        • be- (English)
        • be- (Scots)
  • *bi- (Proto-West Germanic)
    • bi-, be- (Old Frisian)
      • bi- (Saterland Frisian)
      • be- (West Frisian)
  • *bi- (Proto-West Germanic)
    • bi- (Old Saxon)
      • bi-, be- (Middle Low German)
        • be- (Low German)
          • be- (Danish)
          • be- (Swedish)
          • be- (Norwegian)
  • *bi- (Proto-West Germanic)
    • bi-, be- (Old Dutch)
      • be-, bi- (Middle Dutch)
        • be- (Dutch)
          • be- (Afrikaans)
  • *bi- (Proto-West Germanic)
    • bi- (Old High German)
      • bi-, be- (Middle High German)
        • be- (German)
          • be- (Luxembourgish)
          • באַ־ (ba-) (Yiddish)
  • 𐌱𐌹- (bi-) (Gothic)

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