Where does “biest” come from?

biest (Dutch) comes from Dutch bies, from Middle Dutch biese, from Old Dutch *biesa, from Proto-West Germanic *beusu — rush.

biest (Dutch): beest, colostrum, beestings

Definitions

  1. beest, colostrum, beestings

Ancestry of “biest”, step by step

biest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch bies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbiesrush, sedge of the genus Schoenoplectus; piping
2Middle Dutchbiese—
3Old Dutch*biesa—
4Proto-West Germanic*beusurush

via Middle Dutch biest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchbiest—

Words derived from “biest”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *beusu →