Where does “bienenfleißig” come from?

bienenfleißig (German) comes from German fleißig, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą — year.

bienenfleißig (German): very hard-working

Definitions

  1. very hard-working

Ancestry of “bienenfleißig”, step by step

bienenfleißig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German fleißig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfleißigdiligent, hard-working, industrious, busy,...
2German-ig-y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives...
3German-jährigyears old; years lasting
4GermanJahryear
5Middle High Germanjāryear
6Old High Germanjāryear
7Proto-West Germanicjāryear
8Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year

via German Biene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBienebee; cute, sexy woman
2EnglishBeesomeone connected with Barnet Football Club, as a...
3Middle Englishbeento be; ben; plural of bee
4Old Englishbēnprayer, request; prayer, request, petition,...
5Proto-Germanicbanjōwound
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰon-yeh₂
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r-