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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
i-stemDeclension 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) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 51-2
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