Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bang-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bang-

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

• *bung-, *bank-, *bunk-

Etymology

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

Verb

banganą, bangōną

1. to bang; pound; beat

Derived terms

• *bangilaz

Descendants

• Old English: *bangan, *bangian
  • Middle English: *bangen; >? bunchen
    • Scots: bang
    • English: bang
• Old Saxon: *bangan, *bangōn
  • Middle Low German: bangen; >? bunken
    • Low German: bangen, bangeln
    • → German: bangen
• >? Old Dutch: *bonken
  • Dutch: bonken
• Old High German: *bangan, bangōn, *bankan, *bankōn
  • Middle High German: bangen, pangen; >? bungen
    • Alemannic German: bangen (“to bump, push, butt”)
    • German: banken (dialectal)
• Old Norse: banga
  • Icelandic: banga, banka
  • Faroese: banga, banka
  • Norn: banga, bunga
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: banke
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: banka, banke
  • Old Swedish: bånga
    • Swedish: banka
  • Danish: banke
  • Elfdalian: baunka
  • Gutnish: banke

References

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