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Where does “bickern” come from?

bickern (English) comes from Middle French bigorne.

bickern (English): An anvil with two projecting taper ends

Definitions

  1. An anvil with two projecting taper ends

Ancestry of “bickern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchbigorne—

Words derived from “bickern”

  • beakiron
  • beak-iron
Every word from Middle French bigorne →