besche

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Medieval Latin besca, bescia, from Frankish *bikkija (“pickaxe, spade”).

Noun

besche oblique singular, f (oblique plural besches, nominative singular besche, nominative plural besches)

  1. pickaxe, spade

Descendants

  • Bourbonnais-Berrichon: biesse
  • Middle French: beche, besche
  • Norman: bêque, bêquie (Guernesiais), beque (Jersiais)
  • → Middle English: becche, beche
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