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English word bitch comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-, and later Proto-Germanic *bikjaną (To attack, stab, hack, thrust.)

*bʰeg- (Proto-Indo-European)

to break

*bikjaną (Proto-Germanic)

To attack, stab, hack, thrust.

*bikjǭ (Proto-Germanic)

Female dog, bitch.

biċċe (Old English)

bicce (Old English)

Bitch, a female dog.

bicche (Middle English)

bitch (English)

(intransitive) To behave or act as a bitch.. (intransitive) To criticize spitefully, often for the sake of complaining rather than in order to have the problem corrected.. (transitive) To spoil, to ruin. (colloquial) A complaint, especially when the complaint is unjustified.. (colloquial) A queen (playing card), particularly the queen of spades in the card game of hearts.. (colloquial, [...]

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