Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bikjǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *bikjaną (“to thrust, attack”) (compare Old Norse bikkja (“plunge into water”), Dutch bikken (“to hack”), Old High German bicchen (“to stab, attack”), Old English becca (“a beck, pick, pick-axe, mattock”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to smash”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbik.jɔ̃ː/

Noun

*bikjǭ f

female dog, bitch

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *bikjǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bikjǭ	*bikjōniz
vocative	*bikjǭ	*bikjōniz
accusative	*bikjōnų	*bikjōnunz
genitive	*bikjōniz	*bikjōnǫ̂
dative	*bikjōni	*bikjōmaz
instrumental	*bikjōnē	*bikjōmiz

Descendants

Old English: biċċe
- Middle English: bicche
  - Scots: biche, beitch
  - English: bitch
    - German: Betze, Petze
- Old French: biche
  - Middle French: biche, bichon
    - French: biche, bichon
      - English: bichon
Old Norse: bikkja
- Faroese: bikkja
- Icelandic: bikkja
- Norwegian: bikkje
- Old Danish: bikke
- Old Swedish: bikia
  - Swedish: -bigga in argbigga (possibly)
- Scots: bik