Where does “beeswax” come from?

beeswax (English) comes from English bee, from Middle English bee, from Old English bēo, from Proto-West Germanic *bijā, from Proto-Germanic bijō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰī- — to hit, to pierce.

beeswax (English): A wax secreted by bees from which they make...

Definitions

  1. A wax secreted by bees from which they make...

Ancestry of “beeswax”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbeeA flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within...
2Middle EnglishbeeA bee
3Old EnglishbēoI become, I will be, I am; bee
4Proto-West Germanic*bijābee
5Proto-Germanicbijōbee
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰī-to hit, to pierce
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰī- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bijō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *bijā →