bicche

Middle English

Alternative forms

beche, biche, bycche, byche, bikk, buche

Etymology

From Old English biċċe, from Proto-West Germanic *bikkjā, from Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ (compare Norwegian bikkja (“dog”), Old Danish bikke), from *bikjaną (“to thrust, attack”) (compare Old Norse bikkja (“plunge into water”), Dutch bikken (“to hack”)). More at bicker.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbit͡ʃ(ə)/

Noun

bicche (plural bicches)

bitch (female dog)
(of a woman) bitch (despicable or disagreeable woman)
(of a man) bitch (despicable or heathen man)

Descendants

English: bitch
- → Dutch: bitch
- →? German: Betze, Bätze, Petze
- → French: bitch
Scots: bitch

References

“bicche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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