Bii

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German bīa, from Proto-Germanic *bijō. Cognate with Luxembourgish Bei, West Frisian bij, English bee, Icelandic bý, Swedish bi. From the same Proto-Indo-European root as Italian fuco (“drone (male bee)”), Irish beach (“bee”), Lithuanian bitė (“bee”).

Noun

Bii f

(Uri) honey bee

References

Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 24.

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