Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bikjǭ

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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

Etymology

From *bikjaną (to thrust, attack) (compare Old Norse bikkja (plunge into water), Dutch bikken (to hack), Old High German bicchen (to stab, attack), Old English becca (a beck, pick, pick-axe, mattock)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (to smash).

Pronunciation

Noun

*bikjǭ f

  1. bitch (female dog)
    Synonyms: *tauhǭ, *tibō, *tīkō

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *bikjǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *bikjǭ *bikjōniz
vocative *bikjǭ *bikjōniz
accusative *bikjōnų *bikjōnunz
genitive *bikjōniz *bikjōnǫ̂
dative *bikjōni *bikjōmaz
instrumental *bikjōnē *bikjōmiz

Descendants