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BeckEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
* As a German surname, from Beck (“stream, brook”), see also Old Norse bekkr. Also a spelling variant of Becker (“baker”). * As a Hebrew surname, shortened from בני (B'nei) קדושים (Kdoshim, “sons of the martyrs”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗beckEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English bek, bekk, becc, from Old English bæc, bec, bæċe, beċe (“beck, brook”), from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“stream”). Cognate with Old Norse bekkr (“a stream or brook”), Low German bek, beck, German Bach, Dutch beek, Swedish bäck, Doublet of batch. More at beach.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗beckEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English bekken, a shortened form of Middle English bekenen, from Old English bēcnan, bēacnian (“to signify; beckon”), from Proto-West Germanic *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukną (“beacon”). More at beacon.
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beckEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
From Middle English bec, bek, from Old French bec (“beak”).
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Chambers (1908)
1908- BeckEnglish · e-37683-2465
Beck, bek, n. (Spens.). Same as Beak.
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Beck, bek, n. a brook. [Ice. bekkr; Ger. bach.]
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Beck, bek, n. a sign with the finger or head: a nod: (Scot.) a gesture of salutation.—v.i. to make such a sign.—v.t. to call by a nod.—At one's beck, subject to one's will. [A contr. of Beckon.]
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