beet
Norman
noun
Definitions
- (Sark) animal
Etymology
Inherited from Old French beste derived from Latin bēstia (beast, animal).
Origin
Latin
bēstia
Gloss
beast, animal
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *bīstia Latin
- *bīstius Latin
- bestia 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
- beeste Middle English
- beste Old French
- bèstia Catalan, Valencian
- beest Middle Dutch
- beeste Middle Dutch
- bestio Ido
- píast Old Irish
- baête Norman
- bête Norman
- beste Middle French
- *bischo Old Portuguese
- bescha Old Portuguese
- besta Old Portuguese
- bēst Middle Low German
- bèstia Occitan
- bes-cha Romansh
- bestga Romansh
- bestia Romansh
- biestg Romansh
- bist Western Frisian
- biesse Walloon