bý

bý

See also: by, BY, by-, by., -by, .by, and b'y

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bý, from Proto-Germanic *bijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰī-.

Noun

bý n (genitive singular býs, nominative plural bý)

1. (chiefly poetic) bee (insect)

   Synonym: býfluga

Declension

declension of bý

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bý	býið	bý	býin
accusative	bý	býið	bý	býin
dative	býi	býinu	býjum	býjunum
genitive	býs	býsins	býja	býjanna

Derived terms

• býfluga

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bý

1. first-person singular present active indicative of búa

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *biją, from Proto-Germanic *bijǭ, having been altered by analogy to mý. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰey-.[1] Germanic cognates include Old English bēo (English bee), Old Frisian bē (West Frisian bij), Old Saxon bīa (Middle Low German bīe), Dutch bij, Old High German bīa, bini (German Biene, dialectal Beie).

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈbyː/

Noun

bý n

1. bee (insect)

Descendants

• Icelandic: bý
• Norwegian Bokmål: bie
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bie
• Old Swedish: bī, bȳ
  • Swedish: bi
• Old Danish: bī
  • Danish: bi
• Gutnish: bei
• ⇒ Faroese: býfluga
• ⇒ Icelandic: býfluga

References

1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “bīōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 65