Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bikāri

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

*bekāri, *bikari, *bekari

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *bicariu, *becariu, from Late Latin bīcārium.

Noun

*bikāri m

(Late West Germanic) wineglass, goblet, drinking vessel

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bikāri
Genitive	*bikārjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bikāri	bikārjō, bikārjōs
Accusative	*bikāri	*bikārjā
Genitive	*bikārjas	*bikārjō
Dative	*bikārjē	*bikārjum
Instrumental	*bikārju	*bikārjum

Descendants

Old Frisian: *biker, *beker
- Saterland Frisian: Bíeker
- West Frisian: beker, biker
Old Saxon: *bikari, bikeri
- Middle Low German: bekere, bēker
  - German Low German: Beker
  - → Old Norse: bikarr
    - Icelandic: bikar
    - Faroese: bikar
    - Norwegian Nynorsk: bikar, bekar; (dialectal) bekare
    - Old Swedish: bikare
      - Swedish: bägare
      - → Finnish: pikari
      - → Ingrian: pikkaari
      - → Karelian: pikari
      - → Votic: pikari
    - Danish: bæger
      - → North Frisian: baager
      - Norwegian Bokmål: beger
    - → Middle English: biker, beker (partially from Middle Dutch)
      - English: beaker
      - Scots: bikker, bicker
Old Dutch: *bikari, *bikeri
- Middle Dutch: beker
  - Dutch: beker
  - → Middle English: beker (partially)
    - English: beaker
Old High German: bechari, behhari
- Middle High German: bechāre, pechāre, becher
  - German: Becher
    - → French: bécher
    - → Italian: becher
  - Luxembourgish: Becher
  - → Lower Sorbian: bjachaŕ
  - → Upper Sorbian: bjechaŕ

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