Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA female dog or other canine, particularly a recent mother. · A promiscuous woman, slut, whore. · A despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman. · A woman in general.
From Middle English biche, bicche, from Old English biċċe, from Proto-West Germanic *bikkjā, from Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ (“female dog”) (compare Norwegian bikkje (“dog, bitch”), Old Danish bikke (“bitch”)), from Proto-Germanic *bikjaną (“to thrust, attack”) (compare Old Norse bikkja (“to plunge into water”), Dutch bikken (“to hack”)). Related to bicker.
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- Inherited-form mentionbicheenm
- Inherited-form mentionbiċċeang
- Inherited-form mention*bikkjāgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*bikjǭgem-pro · female dog
- Cognate mentionbikkjeno · dog, bitch
- Cognate mentionbikkegmq-oda · bitch
- Derivation mention*bikjanągem-pro · to thrust, attack
- Cognate mentionbikkjanon · to plunge into water
- Cognate mentionbikkennl · to hack
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