beocere
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *bijakārī (“beekeeper”, literally “beehiver”), derived from *bijakaʀ (“beehive”), equivalent to bēo + *cere (“vessel-maker”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch bijker (“beekeeper”), Dutch Low Saxon bijker (“beekeeper”), French bigre ("woodsman"; via Old French bigre and Medieval Latin bigrius, bigarus (“forester, beekeeper”)).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bēocere m
Declension
[edit]Declension of bēocere (strong ja-stem)
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “imker”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute