Where does “bij” come from?
bij (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian bē, from Proto-West Germanic *bijā, from Proto-Germanic bijō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰī- — to hit, to pierce.
bij (West Frisian): bee
Ancestry of “bij”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Frisian | bē | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *bijā | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | bijō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰī- | to hit, to pierce |