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Beta

From Proto-semitic *bayt ("House"), through Phoenician 𐤁 (⁠bēt, Name of second letter of Phoenician abjad, from 𐤁𐤕⁠ (bēt ,"House"), and Ancient Greek βῆτᾰ (Name of letter B))

Related descendant words:

Amharic: ቤተ፡ክርስቲያን (betä krəstiyan, "Church" lit. "Christian house")

Arabic: أَهْل البَيْت (Ahl al-Bayt, the family of the Prophet Muhammad, lit. "People of the house")

Akkadian: 𒂍𒀭 (bīt ilim, "Temple", lit. "House of God")

Horn

From: Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“Head, Horn”)

Related descendant words:

English: Keratin (through Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, "Horn") + -in, "Horn-like" material)

English: Rhinoceros (through Ancient Greek ῥῑνόκερως (rhīnókerōs, “Nose-horned”)

English: Cornea (shortened from latin cornea tela ("Horned tissue"), from cornu ("Horn"))

English: Carat (Ultimately from Ancient Greek κεράτιον (kerátion, “Hornlet,Carob seed”), through Arabic قِيرَاط (qīrāṭ, “carat, similarly small units such as inches”), Italian carato and Middle French carat)

English: Carnyx (Celtic warhorn (instrument), from Late Latin Carnyx, originally from Gaulish Carno- ("Horn of an animal"))

Czech: Srna ("Female roe deer")

Swedish: Sarv ("Male reindeer", from Nothern Sámi Sarvvis, possibly in turn from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirwas)

Italian: Cerebro ("Brain", from Latin Cerembrum ("Brain, Skull"))

Welsh: Carw ("Deer", from Proto-Brythonic *karw ("Deer", "Stag"))

Mead

From: Proto-Indo-European *médʰu ("Honey"; "Honey-wine")

Related descendant words:

English: Methanol (through Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu, "Wine") + ὕλη (húlē, "Wood"))

Russian: медве́дь (medvédʹ, "Bear"; lit. "Honey-eater")

Finnish: Mesi ("Nectar")

Urdu: مے (mey, "Wine")

Hindi: मधु (madhu, "Honey")