*bijǭ

Runic: ᛒᛁᛃᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈbi.jɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

bee

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰéy-éh₂ ~ *bʰi-nés from root *bʰey-(‘bee’). Cognate with Digor Ossetian биндзӕ (binʒæ, ‘fly’), Old Irish bech (‘bee’), Lithuanian bitė (‘bee’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	bijǭ	bijōniz
Acc.	bijōnų	binunz
Gen.	biniz	binǫ̂
Dat.	binini	bijummiz
Inst.	binē	binōmiz
Voc.	bijǭ	bijōniz

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Descendants

*bijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bīa (Old Dutch)
  - bië (Middle Dutch)
    - Bé, bie (Limburgish)
    - bieë (West Flemish)
*bijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bīa (Old Dutch)
  - bië (Middle Dutch)
    - bij (Dutch)
      - by (Afrikaans)
*bijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- bēo, bēom, bīom (Old English)
  - bee, be, beo, bey (Middle English)
    - bee (English)
    - bee, be, beye, bie, bea (Scots)
*bijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bē (Old Frisian)
  - bij (West Frisian)
*bijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- pīa, bīa (Old High German)
  - bīe (Middle High German)
    - Bii (Alemannic German)
    - Bei (Central Franconian)
    - Beie (German)
    - Bei (Luxembourgish)
*bijā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *bīa (Old Saxon)
  - bîe, bê, beie (Middle Low German)
    - Bie, Bee, bigge (Low German)
    - Bie (Plautdietsch)
*bini (Proto-West Germanic)
- bini, bīna (Old High German)
  - bin, bine, bīn (Middle High German)
    - Bein (Bavarian)
    - Biene (German)
    - Beene, Bie (Rhine Franconian)
    - בין (bin) (Yiddish)
*bini (Proto-West Germanic)
- bini, bina, *bīna (Old Saxon)
  - bīne, bēne, bēn, beine (Middle Low German)
bý (Old Norse)
- býfluga (Faroese)
- bý, býfluga (Icelandic)
- bie (Norwegian Bokmål)
- bie (Norwegian Nynorsk)
bý (Old Norse)
- bī (Old Danish)
  - bi (Danish)
bý (Old Norse)
- bī, bȳ (Old Swedish)
  - bi (Swedish)

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