Where does “bijen” come from?
bijen (West Frisian) comes from West Frisian bij, from Old Frisian bē, from Proto-West Germanic *bijā, from Proto-Germanic bijō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰī- — to hit, to pierce.
bijen (West Frisian): plural of bij
Ancestry of “bijen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | West Frisian | bij | bee |
| 2 | Old Frisian | bē | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *bijā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bijō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰī- | to hit, to pierce |