Where does “Bie” come from?

Bie (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German bîe, from Old Saxon bia, from Proto-Germanic bijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

Bie (Plautdietsch): bee (insect)

Definitions

  1. bee (insect)

Ancestry of “Bie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbîe—
2Old Saxonbiabee
3Proto-Germanicbijǭbee
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bijǭ →Every word from Old Saxon bia →