Where does “bili-” come from?

bili- (Irish) comes from Latin bīlis, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

bili- (Irish): bili

Definitions

  1. bili

Ancestry of “bili-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbīlisbile
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Latin bīlis →
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