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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bikjaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (to smash, break).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbik.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*bikjaną

  1. to attack, stab, hack, thrust

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *bikkjan
    • Old Frisian: *bitsia, *bikja, *bikka
      • Saterland Frisian: Bikker
      • West Frisian: bikje, bikke
    • Old Saxon: *bikkian (suggested by derivative bikkil)
      • Middle Low German: bicken
        • German Low German: bickern (frequentative)
    • Old Dutch: *bikken
      • Middle Dutch: bicken
        • Dutch: bikken
        • Middle English: bickeren, beckeren (frequentative)
    • Old High German: bikken, bicken; anabikken
      • Middle High German: bicken, becken
        • German: bicken
  • Old Norse: bikkja

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*bekwjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 41
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