Where does “bech” come from?

bech (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic bekos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

bech (Old Irish): bee

Definitions

  1. bee

Ancestry of “bech”, step by step

bech traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic bekos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticbekosbee
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

via Middle Chinese 白

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese白—

via Proto-Zapotec *kw-ettzi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Zapotec*kw-ettzibuzzard

Words derived from “bech”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Celtic bekos →
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