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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bangōną

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

Alternative forms

  • *bungōną, *bankōną, *bunkōną

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (to hit, strike, injure) or *bʰe(n)g- (to smash, break)[1]; ultimately onomatopoeic.

Verb

banganą, bangōną

  1. to bang; pound; beat

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *bangōn
    • Old English: *bangian
      • Middle English: *bangen; >? bunchen
    • Old Frisian: *bangia, *bongia, *bunkia, *bonkia
      • Saterland Frisian: boangje; >? bunkje
      • West Frisian: bonkje
    • Old Saxon: *bangōn
    • >? Old Dutch: *bungon, *bonkon
    • Old High German: bangōn, *bankan, *bankōn
  • Old Norse: banga

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*banʒōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 35
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