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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, [...]