Where does “festre” come from?

festre (Old French) comes from Latin fistula, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

Ancestry of “festre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfistulapipe, tube, especially a water pipe; hollow reed...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

Words derived from “festre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Latin fistula →