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Where does “bee” come from?

bee (Tetum) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wahiʀ — water.

bee (Tetum): water

Definitions

  1. water

Ancestry of “bee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianwaiʀwater
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwahiʀwater
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