Reconstruction:Old Saxon/bia
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This Old Saxon 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. |
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bijā, from Proto-Germanic *bijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰey-. Germanic cognates include Old English bēo (English bee), Old Frisian bē (West Frisian bij), Dutch bij, Old High German bīa, bini (German Biene, dialectal Beie), Old Norse bý (Danish and Swedish bi). The Indo-European root is also the source of Lithuanian bi̇̀tė, Latvian bite, Proto-Slavic *bьčela (Old Church Slavonic бьчела (bĭčela), Russian пчела (pčela)), Proto-Celtic *beko- (Old Irish bech, Irish beach).
Noun
*bīa f