bý
Icelandic
/piː/
noun
Definitions
- (chiefly) bee insect
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse bý (bee) derived from Proto-Germanic *bijō derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰī-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰī-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *bʰi- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰī- Proto-Indo-European
- bie Norwegian Bokmål
- *biją Proto-Germanic
- *bijō Proto-Germanic
- bie Norwegian Nynorsk
- bēo Old English
- bý Old Norse
- bi Danish
- býfluga Icelandic
- fluga Icelandic
- bīa Old High German
- býfluga Faroese
- Bei Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *bīa Old Dutch
- bia Old Saxon
- Bii Alemannic German
- bī Old Swedish
- bē Old Frisian