bý

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "by"

Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

bý n (genitive singular býs, nominative plural bý)

  1. (chiefly poetic) bee (insect)
    Synonym: býfluga
Declension[edit]
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[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

bý

  1. first-person singular present active indicative of búa

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

bý n

  1. bee (insect)

Descendants[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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