Etymology

beestings

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Today it means: The first milk drawn from an animal (especially a cow) after it has given birth. Full definition →

Old English bȳsting ← Proto-West Germanic *beust
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*beust
  2. Old English · inherited frombȳsting
  3. English todaybeestings

From Old English bȳsting, derived from bēost, from Proto-West Germanic *beust.

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