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Re:Lithuanian is riddled with references to bees by lokopodium on Monday March 19, 2018 @08:49PM (#16624926)
Funnily, Old Slavic for bear is бер, cognate to bear. However, this word became taboo too.
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Re:Lithuanian is riddled with references to bees by pandaman on Monday March 19, 2018 @09:51PM (#16625324)
Is it? I thought it is not known. Some people believe it's "behr" because of "behrlohga" - "bear den" but there is more plausible etymology for that being derived from actual Old Slavic "trash"/"dirt" than "behr + lohg".
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Re:Lithuanian is riddled with references to bees by thriftwy on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @03:21AM (#16626553)
But then it is derived from "brown" (dirt, garbage) in the same way as in English.
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Re:Lithuanian is riddled with references to bees by pandaman on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @02:40PM (#16631317)
I doubt it has a close connection to "brown". "Behr-" in Slavic languages, when stands for any color at all, is, usually, for "white".
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Re:Lithuanian is riddled with references to bees by hprotagonist on Monday March 19, 2018 @09:08PM (#16625037)
better be extra-super careful! :)
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