Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bakiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *bʰog-i-s, from *bʰog- (“flowing water, brook, stream”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *bagnò (“swamp, bog, marsh”), as well as perhaps Old Irish búal (“water; bathing, healing, cure”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈbɑ.kiz/

    Noun

    *bakiz f[1]

    1. brook, stream
      Synonyms: *lōkiz, *sīką, *straumaz
    2. beach, strand
      Synonym: *strandō

    Inflection

    Declension of *bakiz (i-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *bakiz *bakīz
    vocative *baki *bakīz
    accusative *bakį *bakinz
    genitive *bakīz *bakjǫ̂
    dative *bakī *bakimaz
    instrumental *bakī *bakimiz

    Alternative reconstructions

    • *bakkiz, *bakjaz (due to Old Norse)

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *baki
      • Old English: bæċ
      • Old Frisian: *beke, *betze
        • Saterland Frisian: Bäke
        • West Frisian: beek, (in placenames) beets
      • Old Saxon: *bak, beki
      • Old Dutch: beki
      • Old High German: bah
      • → Medieval Latin: bacha
      • Old French: *bais
        • French: -bais, -baix (in placenames)
    • Old Norse: bekkr

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bakja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 48
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