Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bikjaną
Proto-Germanic
editAlternative reconstructions
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to smash, break”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*bikjaną
Inflection
editConjugation of *bikjaną (weak class 1)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *bikkjan
- Old Norse: bikkja
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*bekwjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 41