Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bankô

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

Related to *bankiz (“slope, hill, shelf”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑŋ.kɔːː/

Noun

*bankô m

  1. bank, embankment
  2. a hill

Inflection

Declension of *bankô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *bankô *bankaniz
vocative *bankô *bankaniz
accusative *bankanų *bankanunz
genitive *bankiniz *bankanǫ̂
dative *bankini *bankammaz
instrumental *bankinē *bankammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *bankō
  • Old Norse: bakki, *banki — Old East Norse

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bankan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 51

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