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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bikkilaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *bikkijaną (“to hew, hack, chop, pick or chip at”) +‎ *-ilaz (diminitive/agent noun suffix). Possibly related to Proto-Celtic *bakkos (“hook”); also compare *pīkaz (“pickaxe”) (loaned into French as bêche (“spade”)).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbik.ki.lɑz/

Noun

*bikkilaz m

  1. (West Germanic) stonemason
  2. (West Germanic) piece of chipped stone or bone; pebble; ossicle
  3. die

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *bikkilaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *bikkilaz *bikkilōz, *bikkilōs
vocative *bikkil *bikkilōz, *bikkilōs
accusative *bikkilą *bikkilanz
genitive *bikkilas, *bikkilis *bikkilǫ̂
dative *bikkilai *bikkilamaz
instrumental *bikkilō *bikkilamiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *bikkil
    • Old Frisian: *bikkel
    • Old Saxon: bikkil, bikil
      • Middle Low German: bickel
    • Old Dutch: *bickil
      • Middle Dutch: bickel, pickel, peckel
        • Dutch: bikkel, biggel (dialectal)
    • Old High German: *bikkil, *bihhil
    • → Medieval Latin: billa
    • → Old French: bille
    • → Spanish: billa

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Bicke”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
  2. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “bikkel”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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