Where does “bē” come from?

bē (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic *bijā, from Proto-Germanic bijō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰī- — to hit, to pierce.

Ancestry of “bē”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*bijābee
2Proto-Germanicbijōbee
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰī-to hit, to pierce

Words derived from “bē”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰī- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bijō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *bijā →
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