Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bankiz

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 *bʰeg- (“to bend, curve, arch”). Cognate with Lithuanian bangà (“wave, billow, swell”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈbɑŋ.kiz/

    Noun

    *bankiz f

    1. a raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope
    2. bench

    Inflection

    Declension of *bankiz (i-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative *bankiz *bankīz
    vocative *banki *bankīz
    accusative *bankį *bankinz
    genitive *bankīz *bankijǫ̂
    dative *bankī *bankimaz
    instrumental *bankī *bankimiz

    Descendants

    • Proto-West Germanic: *banki
      • Old English: benċ, bænc
        • Middle English: benk, bench, bynk, benche, banch, binch, binche
          • English: bench (see there for further descendants)
          • Scots: bink, benk
          • → Middle Irish: beinnse
      • Old Frisian: bank, benk
      • Old Saxon: bank
        • Middle Low German: bank
      • Old Dutch: *banc
        • Middle Dutch: banc
          • Dutch: bank (see there for further descendants)
          • Limburgish: bank
      • Old High German: bank
        • Middle High German: banc, bank
        • → Old French: banc
          • French: banc (see there for further descendants)
          • Norman: banc
          • → Middle English: bank, banke
            • English: bank (see there for further descendants)
          • → Galician: banco
          • → Spanish: banco (see there for further descendants)
        • → Old Italian: banco, banca
          • Italian: banco, banca (see there for further descendants)
            • ⇒ Italian: banchetto (see there for further descendants)
          • → Byzantine Greek: πάγκος (pánkos)
          • → Middle French: banque (see there for further descendants)
          • → German: Bank (see there for further descendants)
        • → Medieval Latin: bancus, banca
        Lombardic: panch
    • Proto-Norse:

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*banki-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 51-2
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