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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse , from Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰī-.

Noun

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 n (genitive singular býs, nominative plural )

  1. (chiefly poetic) bee (insect)
    Synonym: býfluga
Declension
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    Declension of
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative býið býin
accusative býið býin
dative býi býinu býjum býjunum
genitive býs býsins býja býjanna
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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  1. first-person singular present active indicative of búa

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *biją, from Proto-Germanic *bijǭ, having been altered by analogy to . Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰey-.[1] Germanic cognates include Old English bēo (English bee), Old Frisian (West Frisian bij), Old Saxon bīa (Middle Low German bīe), Dutch bij, Old High German bīa, bini (German Biene, dialectal Beie).

Pronunciation

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  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈbyː/

Noun

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 n

  1. bee (insect)

Descendants

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  • Icelandic:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bie
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bie
  • Old Swedish: ,
    • Swedish: bi
  • Old Danish:
    • Danish: bi
  • Gutnish: bei
  • Faroese: býfluga
  • Icelandic: býfluga

References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “bīōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 65