köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk- Proto-Celtic *rukskos Proto-Celtic *rūskos Gaulish rūscabor. Early Medieval Latin rusca Old French rusche Middle French rusche French ruche Inherited from Middle French rusche, from Old French rusche, from Early Medieval Latin rusca (“bark”), borrowed from Gaulish rūsca, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (“bark”), from *rukskos,…
köken: From Old Hungarian, borrowed in the early 11ᵗʰ century from Old High German chafteri (“beehive”) – Middle High German chafter (“beehive; little chamber, closet”), German Käfter (“little chamber, closet”) –, from Medieval Latin capistērium (“beehive”), for scaphistērium, from Ancient Greek σκαφιστήριον (skaphistḗrion). Despite appearances, the second half of the term is unrelated to tár…
köken: From Proto-Balto-Slavic *aulios (whence also Latvian aũlis (“beehive”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlós, nominal form of *h₂ewlo- (“tube, hole, channel”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *ulьjь (“beehive; opening”), Ancient Greek αὐλός (aulós, “tube, pipe”), Latin alvus (“belly, beehive”), etc.