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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bijakaʀjō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *bijakaʀ (“beehive”) +‎ *-jō, or *bijā (“bee”) +‎ *kaʀjō (“vessel-maker, potter”).

Noun

*bijakaʀjō m

  1. one who tends a beehive; beekeeper
    Synonym: *imbjakaʀjō

Inflection
Masculine an-stem
Singular
Nominative *bijakaʀjō
Genitive *bijakaʀjini, *bijakaʀjan
Singular Plural
Nominative *bijakaʀjō *bijakaʀjan
Accusative *bijakaʀjan *bijakaʀjan
Genitive *bijakaʀjini, *bijakaʀjan *bijakaʀjanō
Dative *bijakaʀjini, *bijakaʀjan *bijakaʀjum
Instrumental *bijakaʀjini, *bijakaʀjan *bijakaʀjum

Alternative reconstructions

Synonyms
  • *imbjakaʀjō

Descendants
  • Old English: bēocere
  • Old Saxon: *bīkero
    • Middle Low German: *bîkere, *bîker
      • German Low German: Bieker
      • Dutch Low Saxon: bijker
      • → West Frisian: bijker, byker
  • Old Dutch: *bīkero
    • Middle Dutch: *bîkere, *bîker
      • Dutch: bijker (dialectal, possibly borrowed from Low German)
  • → Medieval Latin: bigarus, bigrus (noun) (possibly borrowed from Old English)
    • ⇒ Medieval Latin: bigarius (adjective)

Further reading
  • Lloyd, Albert L., Lühr, Rosemarie (2014) “kar”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen (in German), volume V: iba-luzzilo, Göttingen/Zürich: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, pages 399-400: “ae. -cere (in beocere ‚Imker‘), got. kasja m. ‚löpfer‘ < urgerm. *kasi̯an-”
  • The template Template:R:nds:WWM does not use the parameter(s): 
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