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
- very hard-working
Ancestry of “bienenfleißig”, step by step
bienenfleißig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German fleißig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | fleißig | diligent, hard-working, industrious, busy,... |
| 2 | German | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives... |
| 3 | German | -jährig | years old; years lasting |
| 4 | German | Jahr | year |
| 5 | Middle High German | jār | year |
| 6 | Old High German | jār | year |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |
via German Biene
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Biene | bee; cute, sexy woman |
| 2 | English | Bee | someone connected with Barnet Football Club, as a... |
| 3 | Middle English | been | to be; ben; plural of bee |
| 4 | Old English | bēn | prayer, request; prayer, request, petition,... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | banjō | wound |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰon-yeh₂ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |