bëfkji

Slovincian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old French biffeder.

Middle Low German bevebor.

German Beffchen

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Slovincian -kjy

Slovincian bëfkji

From German Beffchen + Slovincian -kjy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəf.kji/
• Rhymes: -əfkji
• Syllabification: bëf‧kji

Noun

bëfkji nvir pl

1. (Protestantism) preaching bands (kind of neckwear worn chiefly by Protestant ministers)

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908), “bãfћĭ”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 21