Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bijakaʀ

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

*bijōnkaʀ

Etymology

From *bijā (“bee”) +‎ *kaʀ (“vessel”).

Noun

*bijakaʀ n

beehive
Synonyms: *binikaʀ, *hūfi

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bijakaʀ
Genitive	*bijakaʀas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bijakaʀ	*bijakaʀu
Accusative	*bijakaʀ	*bijakaʀu
Genitive	*bijakaʀas	*bijakaʀō
Dative	*bijakaʀē	*bijakaʀum
Instrumental	*bijakaʀu	*bijakaʀum

Derived terms

*bijakaʀjō

Descendants

Old English: *bēocær, *bīocær
- >? Middle English: biker (alternatively, perhaps formed anew from Old Norse bý + ker)
Old Saxon: bīkar
- Middle Low German: bîkar
Old Dutch: *bīkar
- Middle Dutch: *bikar
  - Dutch: biekarre (archaic)
Old High German: bīkar, pīchar
- Middle High German: bīkar
  - Alemannic German: Bīcher
  - Bavarian: Beikar
  - German: Beiekar (Rhenish)

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