Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “bine” come from?

bine (Middle High German) comes from Old High German bini, from Proto-West Germanic *bini.

Ancestry of “bine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbini—
2Proto-West Germanic*bini—

Words derived from “bine”

  • Honigbiene
  • Bienenwabe
  • Bienenhaus
  • Bienenwachs
  • Bienenkorb
  • Bienenelfe
  • Biene
  • Bienenstock
  • Bienenzüchter
  • Bienenkönigin
  • בין
  • פֿערדבין
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *bini →