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Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse bý, from Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰī-.
Noun
bý n (genitive singular býs, nominative plural bý)
- (chiefly poetic) bee (insect)
- Synonym: býfluga
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
bý
- first-person singular present active indicative of búa
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *biją, from Proto-Germanic *bijǭ, having been altered by analogy to mý. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰey-.[1] Germanic cognates include Old English bēo (English bee), Old Frisian bē (West Frisian bij), Old Saxon bīa (Middle Low German bīe), Dutch bij, Old High German bīa, bini (German Biene, dialectal Beie).
Pronunciation
- (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈbyː/
Noun
bý n
- bee (insect)
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “bīōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 65