*bikjǭ

Runic: ᛒᛁᚲᛃᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈbik.jɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

bitch (female dog)

Etymology

A female nominalization of *bikjaną (‘to attack, stab, hack, thrust’) using the verb stem + *-(i)jǭ (forms agent nouns, feminine of *-(i)jô). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (‘to smash, break’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.bikjǭbikjōniz
Acc.bikjōnųbikjōnunz
Gen.bikjōnizbikjōnǫ̂
Dat.bikjōnibikjōmaz
Inst.bikjōnēbikjōmiz
Voc.bikjǭbikjōniz

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Descendants

  • *bikkjā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • biċċe, biċe, biċġe (Old English)
      • bicche, beche, biche, bycche, byche, bikk, buche (Middle English)
        • bitch (Scots)
  • *bikkjā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • biċċe, biċe, biċġe (Old English)
      • bicche, beche, biche, bycche, byche, bikk, buche (Middle English)
        • bitch (English)
          • bitch (Dutch)
          • Betze, Bätze, Petze (German)
  • bikkja, bikki (Old Norse)
    • bikkja (Faroese)
    • bikkja (Icelandic)
    • bikkje (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • bikkje (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • bikke (Old Danish)
    • bik (Scots)
  • bikkja, bikki (Old Norse)
    • bikia (Old Swedish)
      • bycka, -bigga, argbigga (Swedish)

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