Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/biggō

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Proto-West Germanic

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Etymology

Unknown; suggested to be related to *piggō (“pig”), though phonologically problematic, perhaps pointing to a substrate borrowing.^[1]

Noun

*biggō m

piglet, baby pig
Synonym: *farh

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*biggō
Genitive	biggini, biggan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*biggō	*biggan
Accusative	*biggan	*biggan
Genitive	biggini, biggan	*bigganō
Dative	biggini, biggan	*biggum
Instrumental	biggini, biggan	*biggum

Alternative reconstructions

*figgijō^[2]

Descendants

Old Frisian: *bigga; *bigge f
- North Frisian: bigge
- West Frisian: bigge
Old Saxon: *biggo
- Middle Low German: *bigge
  - German Low German:
    Bentheimisch: Bigge n, Biggen f
    
    Low Prussian: Beg m
  - Dutch Low Saxon:
    Drents: bigge
    
    Twents: bikken, biggen
Old Dutch: *biggo; *bigga, figga f
- Middle Dutch: vigge, vigghe
  - Dutch: big, (archaic) bigge m or f

References

^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “big”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
^ Franck, Johannes (1936) “big”, in N. van Wijk, editor, Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), 2nd edition, The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff

[1] Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “big”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

[2] Franck, Johannes (1936) “big”, in N. van Wijk, editor, Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), 2nd edition, The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff

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