bijhe
Walloon edit
Etymology edit
From Germanic, from Frankish *bîsi (“covered with clouds”), related to *bisa (“wind from the northeast”), from Proto-Germanic *bī̆s- (“to storm ahead”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to be afraid, fear”), see also Proto-Germanic *bibāną (“to shiver”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bijhe
- north wind; northeasterly (wind)
References edit
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “161-62”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 161-62