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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bijǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰey- (bee). Cognate with Latin fūcus (drone), Old Irish bech (bee), Lithuanian bitė (bee).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.jɔː/

Noun

*bijǭ f

  1. bee

Inflection

Ablauting n-stem, alternating between e-grade stem *bijōn- and zero-grade stem *bin-.

feminine on-stemDeclension of *bijǭ (feminine on-stem)
singular plural
nominative *bijǭ *bijōniz
vocative *bijǭ *bijōniz
accusative *bijōnų *binunz
genitive *biniz *binǫ̂
dative *binini *bijummiz
instrumental *binē *binōmiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *bijā
    • Old English: bēo, bīo,
      • Middle English: bee, be, beo, bey
        • English: bee
        • Scots: bee, be, beye, bie, bea
        • Yola: been (plural)
    • Old Frisian: *
      • West Frisian: bij
    • Old Saxon: *bīa
    • Old Dutch: *bīa
    • Old High German: pīa, bīa
      • Middle High German: bīe
        • Alemannic German: Bii
        • Central Franconian: Bei
        • German: Beie (obsolete)
        • Luxembourgish: Bei
  • Old Norse:
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