beocere
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *bijakārī (“beekeeper”, literally “beehiver”), derived from *bijakaʀ (“beehive”), equivalent to bēo + *cere (“vessel-maker”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch bijker (“beekeeper”), Dutch Low Saxon bijker (“beekeeper”), French bigre ("woodsman"; via Old French bigre and Medieval Latin bigrius, bigarus (“forester, beekeeper”)).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbēocere m
Declension
editDeclension of bēocere (strong ja-stem)
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “imker”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute