besche

Old French

Alternative forms

• beche, besque, becche, beiche

Etymology

From Medieval Latin besca, bescia, from Frankish *bikkija (“pickaxe, spade”).

Noun

besche oblique singular, f (oblique plural besches, nominative singular besche, nominative plural besches)

1. pickaxe, spade

Descendants

• Bourbonnais-Berrichon: biesse
• Middle French: beche, besche
  • French: bêche
• Norman: bêque, bêquie (Guernesiais), beque (Jersiais)
• → Middle English: becche, beche