The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*pikkōną
- English todayBickel
From an Old English surname, from Bickleigh in Devon, from the personal name Bicca (“pickaxe”) + leah (“wooded area”). For the first element see Proto-Germanic *pikkōną.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Germanic*pikkōną all →
pickpinchpique
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.