Where does “bikken” come from?

bikken (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch bicken, from Middle Dutch picken — to pick, peck, pierce.

bikken (Dutch): to chip, to chip off; to eat

Definitions

  1. to chip, to chip off; to eat

Ancestry of “bikken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchbickento stab, thrust, attack
2Middle Dutchpickento pick, peck, pierce
Every word from Middle Dutch picken →Every word from Middle Dutch bicken →