Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bikkju

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 *bikkjan (“to attack, hack”) +‎ *-u.

Noun

*bikkju f

pickaxe

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bikkju
Genitive	*bikkjā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bikkju	*bikkjō
Accusative	*bikkjā	*bikkjā
Genitive	*bikkjā	*bikkjō
Dative	*bikkjē	bikkjōm, bikkjum
Instrumental	*bikkju	bikkjōm, bikkjum

Descendants

Old Frisian: *bikke
- Saterland Frisian: Bikke
Old Dutch: *bicca
- Middle Dutch: bicke
  - Dutch: bik
Old High German: *bicka
- Middle High German: bicke
→ Medieval Latin: besca, bessa, bescia, bechia [822 CE; Corbie, France]
- Old French: besche, beche, besque, becche, beiche
  - Bourbonnais-Berrichon: biesse
  - Middle French: beche, besche
    - French: bêche
  - Norman: bêque, bêquie (Guernesiais), beque (Jersiais)
  - → Middle English: becche, beche
- Occitan: beissa

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