Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰey-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Noun

*bʰey-

bee

Descendants

Balto-Slavic: [Term?]
- Lithuanian: bitė
- Latvian: bite
- Slavic: *bьčela (see there for further descendants)
Celtic: *bekos
- Old Irish: bech
  - Irish: beach
  - Scottish Gaelic: beach
Germanic: *bijō (see there for further descendants)
Italic: *foikos
- Latin: fūcus
Indo-Iranian: *bʰáynas
- Iranian: *báynah (see there for further descendants)

References

Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 150

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