Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/biniz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰī- (“bee”). Cognate with Latin fūcus (“drone”), Old Irish bech (“bee”), Lithuanian bitė (“bee”).

Noun

*biniz f

bee

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *biniz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*biniz	*binīz
vocative	*bini	*binīz
accusative	*binį	*bininz
genitive	*binīz	*binjǫ̂
dative	*binī	*binimaz
instrumental	*binī	*binimiz

Synonyms

*imbijaz

Related terms

*bijō

Descendants

Old Saxon: bini; bina, *bīna
- Middle Low German: bīne, bēne, bēn, beine
Old High German: bini; bīna
- Middle High German: bin, bine, bīn
  - German: Biene
  - Bavarian: Bein
  - Vilamovian: byn
  - Yiddish: בין‎ (bin)