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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bikari

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bīcārium (drinking glass).

Noun

*bikari m

  1. beaker, drinking glass

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
Singular
Nominative *bikari
Genitive *bikarjas
Singular Plural
Nominative *bikari *bikarjō, *bikarjōs
Accusative *bikari *bikarjā
Genitive *bikarjas *bikarjō
Dative *bikarjē *bikarjum
Instrumental *bikarju *bikarjum

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: *biker, *beker
    • Saterland Frisian: Bieker
    • North Frisian: baager
    • West Frisian: beker
  • Old Saxon: bikeri, *bekari
  • Old Dutch: *becari
    • Middle Dutch: bēker
      • Dutch: beker
        • Afrikaans: beker
        • Negerhollands: beeker
        • Indonesian: beker
        • Papiamentu: beker
        • Sranan Tongo: beiker
          • Caribbean Javanese: bèker
      • Middle English: beker, biker (partially from Old Norse)
  • Old High German: behhari, pehhari, behhar
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