bicce

Old English

Alternative forms

• biċe, biċġe

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bikkjā, from Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbit.t͡ʃe/

Noun

biċċe f

1. bitch, a female dog

Declension

Declension of bicce (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	biċċe	biċċan
accusative	biċċan	biċċan
genitive	biċċan	biċċena
dative	biċċan	biċċum

Descendants

• Middle English: bicche, beche, biche, bycche, byche, bikk, buche
  • English: bitch
    • → Dutch: bitch
    • →? German: Betze, Bätze, Petze
    • → French: bitch
  • Scots: bitch
• → Old French: biche (Anglo-Norman)
  • ⇒ Middle French: bichon
    • French: bichon
      • → English: bichon

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “bicce”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan

Old Irish

Adjective

bicce

1. Alternative spelling of bice

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bicce	bicce pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbicce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.