
English word hive comes from Proto-Indo-European *kū-, Proto-Indo-European *kewp-, and later Proto-Germanic *hūbī (Beehive.)
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*kū- (Proto-Indo-European)
*kewp- (Proto-Indo-European)
*kuHp- (Proto-Indo-European)
*hūbī (Proto-Germanic)
Beehive.
hȳf (Old English)
hȳfi (Old English)
hyfe (Middle English)
hive (English)
(computing, Microsoft Windows) A section of the registry.. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.. A structure for housing a swarm of honeybees.. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. (intransitive) To form a hive-like entity.. (intransitive) To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.. (intransitive, entomology) To enter or possess a hive.. (transitive) To [...]