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Where does “bijō” come from?

bijō (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European bʰī- — to hit, to pierce.

Ancestry of “bijō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰī-to hit, to pierce

Words derived from “bijō”

  • r
  • thereby
  • whereby
  • bye
  • bees
  • bee
  • hereby
  • ben
  • bein
  • bygone
  • bequest
  • weir
  • beeswax
  • beeline
  • honeybee
  • yttrium
  • howbeit
  • beekeeper
  • erbium
  • beekeeping
  • abe
  • bean't
  • aren't
  • ytterbium
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰī- →