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Another Utahn here. Fascinating that they codenamed it "bumblehive". The Utah territory was named "Deseret" when the Mormon settlers arrived. Deseret is believe
by ngngngng 6y ago
Another Utahn here. Fascinating that they codenamed it "bumblehive". The Utah territory was named "Deseret" when the Mormon settlers arrived. Deseret is believed to mean Honeybee in an ancient language and was chosen to represent industriousness.
- briefcomment 6y agoThe beehive is also Utah's state emblem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Utah_state_symbols https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Utah_state_symbols
- hossbeast 6y agoBelieved by whom?
- finnh 6y agoMembers of the LDS church
- mholt 6y agoI can see why they think that, but we really don't know the full etymology: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/where-does-the-word-deseret-come-from https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/where-does-the... > When the Brother of Jared and his companions traveled, they “did also carry with them deseret, which, by interpretation, is a honey bee” (Ether 2:3). This is the only time in the Book of Mormon where the text gives a definition for a Jaredite word. But it has proven difficult to know where in the ancient Near East the word came from. “Until possible language affinities for Jaredite names can be determined, all suggestions for etymologies of Jaredite names must remain more speculative than substantive.” In addition, the word “deseret” does not translate as “bee” in any known ancient Mesopotamian language.
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