beisht
Manx
/beːʃt͡ʃ/
noun
Definitions
- worm
- monster, beast
- (pejorative) toad
Etymology
Derived from Middle Irish péist derived from Old Irish píast derived from Latin bēstia (beast, animal).
Origin
Latin
bēstia
Gloss
beast, animal
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
獣
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *bīstia Latin
- *bīstius Latin
- bestiarius Latin
- bestiola Latin
- bestula Latin
- bēsta Latin
- bēstia Latin
- bēstiālis Latin
- bēstiārium Latin
- bīstia Latin
- Bestie German
- bestia Italian
- бестия Russian
- bestia Spanish, Castilian
- *bik Proto-Germanic
- bestia Polish
- péist Irish
- beste Old French
- bèstia Catalan, Valencian
- bestio Ido
- píast Old Irish
- beishteig Manx
- *bischo Old Portuguese
- bescha Old Portuguese
- besta Old Portuguese
- bèstia Occitan
- bes-cha Romansh
- bestga Romansh
- bestia Romansh
- biestg Romansh
- bist Western Frisian
- péist Middle Irish