bicce

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbit.t͡ʃe/

Noun

biċċe f (nominative plural biċċan)

1. bitch, a female dog

Descendants

• Middle English: bicche, biche
  • Scots: biche
  • English: bitch
    • German: Betze
• Old French: biche
  • Middle French: bichon
    • French: bichon
      • English: bichon

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “bicce”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan

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Old Irish

Adjective

bicce

1. Alternative spelling of bice

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bicce	bicce pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbicce
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.