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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bikjaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (to smash, break).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbik.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*bikjaną

  1. to attack, stab, hack, thrust

Inflection

  • *bikjō

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: *bitsia, *bikja, *bikka
    • West Frisian: bikje, bikke
  • Old Saxon: *bikkian (suggested by derivative bikkil)
    • Middle Low German: bicken
      • German Low German: bickern (frequentative)
  • Old Dutch: *bikken
    • Middle Dutch: bicken
      • Dutch: bikken
      • → Middle English: bickeren, beckeren (frequentative)
  • Old High German: bikken; anabikken
    • Middle High German: bicken, becken
      • German: bicken
  • Old Norse: bikkja
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