Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/binikaʀ

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *bini (“bee”) +‎ *kaʀ (“vessel”).

Noun

*binikaʀ n

beehive
Synonyms: *bijakaʀ, *hūfi

Inflection

Lua error: coda error: [ʀ]

Descendants

Old Saxon: *binikar
- Middle Low German: bēnkar
Old High German: binikar
- Middle High German: bīnekar, bīnkar
  - Alemannic German: Binker, Binkert
- ⇒ Old High German: biūnkar
  - Middle High German: bīenkar

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