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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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