köken: Uncertain, suggested to be from the argot word bécant, ultimately from bec, the implication being that the squeaking of an old bicycle resembles the chirping of a bird.
aile: rangé des bécanes, se ranger des bécanes
Ce vélo m'appartient. — Bu bisiklet benim.
La jeune fille ne répondit pas et le duo mal assorti poursuivit sa route en silence, marchant chacun à côté de sa bécane.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-der. Latin velox Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Italic *pets Latin pēs French vélocipèdebor. Russian велосипе́д Borrowed from French vélocipède, from Latin vēlōx (“fast”) + pedēs (“feet”). Compare English velocipede.
köken: Unknown. Various hypotheses exist: * A corruption of French vélocipède, via an intermediate fieselepee or fietsepee. * Named after bike seller E.C. Viets from Wageningen. * From the dialectal verb vietsen (“to move quickly”). * From German Vize as short for Vizepferd (literally “surrogate horse”).
köken: short for チャリンコ (charinko) Occasionally explained as a shortening of チャリオット (chariotto) from English chariot, from the sense of two-wheeled vehicle. However, this appears to be a folk etymology. Ultimate derivation unknown. See チャリンコ for details.
aile: チャリ通, ママチャリ: a, with baskets in front and back, or possibly a child seat in back, ババチャリ: an, a bicycle ridden by an elderly woman, カマチャリ: a, 原チャリ
köken: Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 自轉車 (jitensha) (modern spelling 自転車), coined in Japan in 1870 in reference to a patented tricycle design. Later used to refer to bicycles.
köken: Both senses trace their origin to Late Latin cyclus. In the sense of a bicycle, the path goes through English and Danish. In the sense of a period, the path is more direct.
köken: Borrowed from French cycle, from Late Latin cyclus, from Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (“circle, wheel”). Doublet of czakra (“chakra”).