Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bijā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bijǭ.

Noun

*bijā f

1. bee

   Synonyms: *bini, *imbī

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bijā
Genitive	*bijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bijā	*bijōn
Accusative	*bijōn	*bijōn
Genitive	*bijōn	*bijōnō
Dative	*bijōn	*bijōm, *bijum
Instrumental	*bijōn	*bijōm, *bijum

Descendants

• Old English: bēo, bēom, bīom
  • Middle English: bee, be, beo, bey
    • English: bee
    • Scots: bee, be, beye, bie, bea
    • Yola: been (plural)
• Old Frisian: *bē
  • West Frisian: bij
• Old Saxon: *bīa
  • Middle Low German: bîe, bê, beie
    • Low German: Bee, bigge
    • Plautdietsch: Bie
• Old Dutch: *bīa
  • Middle Dutch: bië
    • Dutch: bij
      • Afrikaans: by
    • West Flemish: bie
    • Zealandic: bie, bieë
• Old High German: pīa, bīa
  • Middle High German: bīe
    • Alemannic German: Bii
    • Central Franconian: Bei
    • German: Beie (obsolete)
    • Luxembourgish: Bei