Where does “beomodor” come from?
beomodor (Old English) comes from Old English mōdor, from Old Frisian mōder, from Proto-Germanic mōdēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.
beomodor (Old English): queen bee
Ancestry of “beomodor”, step by step
beomodor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English mōdor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | mōdor | mother |
| 2 | Old Frisian | mōder | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | mōdēr | mother |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | méh₂tēr | mother |
via Old English bēo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | bēo | I become, I will be, I am; bee |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | biumi | first-person singular present active indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *beuną | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |