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

1. 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