Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bikkil

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

From Proto-Germanic *bikkilaz, or directly from *bikkijan +‎ *-il.

Noun

*bikkil m

stonemason
piece of chipped stone or bone; pebble; ossicle
die

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bikkil
Genitive	*bikkilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bikkil	bikkilō, bikkilōs
Accusative	*bikkil	*bikkilā
Genitive	*bikkilas	*bikkilō
Dative	*bikkilē	*bikkilum
Instrumental	*bikkilu	*bikkilum

Descendants

Old Frisian: *bikkel
- West 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
- Middle High German: bickel
  - Cimbrian: biighel
  - German: Bickel
→ Medieval Latin: billa
→ Old French: bille
- Middle French: bille
  - French: bille
    - → Italian: bilia, biglia
      - → Arabic: بِلْيَة‎ (bilya)
      - → Turkish: bilye
    - → Portuguese: bilha
    - → Vietnamese: bi
→ Spanish: billa

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