beocere

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bijakārī (“beekeeper”, literally “beehiver”), derived from *bijakaʀ (“beehive”), equivalent to bēo +‎ *cere (“vessel-maker”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch bijker (“beekeeper”), Dutch Low Saxon bijker (“beekeeper”), French bigre ("woodsman"; via Old French bigre and Medieval Latin bigrius, bigarus (“forester, beekeeper”)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbe͜oː.ke.re/

Noun

bēocere m

  1. beekeeper

Declension

Strong ja-stem:

singular plural
nominative bēocere bēoceras
accusative bēocere bēoceras
genitive bēoceres bēocera
dative bēocere bēocerum

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “imker”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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