Where does “abeilha” come from?
abeilha (Mirandese) comes from Old Leonese abeia, from Latin apicula, from Latin Apis, from Ancient Greek Ἄπις, from Coptic ϩⲁⲡⲉ, from Egyptian ḥp — the god Apis.
abeilha (Mirandese): bee
Definitions
- bee
Ancestry of “abeilha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Leonese | abeia | bee Diccionario del Español Medieval electrónico |
| 2 | Latin | apicula | a bee |
| 3 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 5 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 6 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |