Where does “bêche” come from?

bêche (French) comes from Old French besche, from Medieval Latin besca, from Frankish bikkju, from Proto-Germanic bikjō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

bêche (French): spade; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. spade; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “bêche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbeschepickaxe, spade
2Medieval Latinbesca—
3Frankishbikkjupickaxe, spade; pickaxe
4Proto-Germanicbikjōpickaxe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

Words derived from “bêche”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bikjō →Every word from Frankish bikkju →