Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bikkjan

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 *bikjaną.

Verb

*bikkjan

  1. to attack, stab, hack, thrust

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *bikkjan
1st sg. past *bikidā
Infinitive *bikkjan
Genitive infin. *bikkjannjas
Dative infin. *bikkjannjē
Instrum. infin. *bikkjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *bikkju *bikidā
2nd singular *bikisi *bikidēs, *bikidōs
3rd singular *bikiþi *bikidē, *bikidā
1st plural *bikkjum *bikidum
2nd plural *bikiþ *bikidud
3rd plural *bikkjanþ *bikidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *bikkjē *bikidī
2nd singular *bikkjēs *bikidī
3rd singular *bikkjē *bikidī
1st plural *bikkjēm *bikidīm
2nd plural *bikkjēþ *bikidīd
3rd plural *bikkjēn *bikidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *biki
Plural *bikiþ
Present Past
Participle *bikkjandī *bikid

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: *bitsia, *bikja, *bikka
    • Saterland Frisian: bikje
    • West Frisian: bikje, bikke
  • Old Saxon: *bikkian (suggested by derivative bikkil)
    • Middle Low German: bicken
      • German Low German: bickern (frequentative)
  • Old Dutch: *bikken
    • Middle Dutch: bicken
      • Dutch: bikken
      • → Middle English: bickeren, beckeren (frequentative)
  • Old High German: bikken, bicken; anabikken
    • Middle High German: bicken, becken
      • German: bicken
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