bý
See also: Appendix:Variations of "by"
Icelandic
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse bý, from Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰī-.
Noun
editbý n (genitive singular býs, nominative plural bý)
Declension
editdeclension of bý
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editbý
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editbý n
- bee (insect)
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: bý
- Norwegian Bokmål: bie
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bie
- Old Swedish: bī, bȳ
- Swedish: bi
- Old Danish: bī
- Danish: bi
- Gutnish: bei
- ⇒ Faroese: býfluga
- ⇒ Icelandic: býfluga
References
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- Icelandic 1-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/iː
- Rhymes:Icelandic/iː/1 syllable
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic neuter nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- Icelandic poetic terms
- Icelandic non-lemma forms
- Icelandic verb forms
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse neuter nouns
- non:Insects