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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bikkil

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 1

From *bikkjan (“to stab, hack”) +‎ *-il (diminutive suffix).

Noun

*bikkil m

  1. a chip (of stone, bone), pebble, ossicle
    Synonyms: *flint, *flintastain, *kesul, *kesulastain
  2. die (game piece)
    Synonyms: *bikkilastain, *wurpil
Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *bikkil
Genitive *bikkilas
Singular Plural
Nominative *bikkil *bikkilō, *bikkilōs
Accusative *bikkil *bikkilā
Genitive *bikkilas *bikkilō
Dative *bikkilē *bikkilum
Instrumental *bikkilu *bikkilum
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Old Saxon: *bikkil
    • Middle Low German: bickel
  • Old Dutch: *bickil
    • Middle Dutch: bickel, pickel, peckel
      • Dutch: bikkel, biggel (dialectal)
  • Old High German: *bikkil, *bihhil
    • Middle High German: bickel
  • → Old French: bille (“small ball, marble”)

Etymology 2

From *bikkjan (“to stab, hack”) +‎ *-il (agent noun suffix).

Noun

*bikkil m

  1. pickaxe, hoe
    Synonyms: *bekkō, *bikkjō, *hauwā
Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *bikkil
Genitive *bikkilas
Singular Plural
Nominative *bikkil *bikkilō, *bikkilōs
Accusative *bikkil *bikkilā
Genitive *bikkilas *bikkilō
Dative *bikkilē *bikkilum
Instrumental *bikkilu *bikkilum
Descendants
  • Old Saxon: *bikkil
    • Middle Low German: bickel
    • ⇒ Old Saxon: *stēnbikkil
      • Middle Low German: stēnbickel, steinbickel, stēnbikil, steinbikil
  • Old Dutch: *bickil
    • Middle Dutch: bickel, pickel, peckel
      • Dutch: bikkel, biggel (dialectal)
  • Old High German: *bikkil, *bihhil
    • Middle High German: bickel
  • → Medieval Latin: billa
    • → Old French: bille (see there for further descendants)
    • → Spanish: billa
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