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Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *bauknijan.

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bīecnan (West Saxon)

  1. to beckon, nod
  2. to show, indicate

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  • Middle English: bekenen
    • English: beckon (through the Anglian form)
    • Scots: bekin