Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bikjǭ

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 edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

*bikjǭ f

  1. female dog, bitch

Inflection edit

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 edit