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Where does “bice” come from?

bice (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish bec, from Proto-Celtic *biggos.

bice (Old Irish): genitive singular feminine of bec

Definitions

  1. genitive singular feminine of bec

Ancestry of “bice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishbecsmall
2Proto-Celtic*biggos—
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