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”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑŋ.kiz/

Noun

*bankiz f

a raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope
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

Related terms

*bankô

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
      - Irish: binse
- Old Frisian: bank, benk
  - Saterland Frisian: Boank, Bank
  - West Frisian: bank
- Old Saxon: bank
  - Middle Low German: bank
- Old Dutch: *banc
  - Middle Dutch: banc
    - Dutch: bank (see there for further descendants)
      - Afrikaans: bank
    - Limburgish: bank
- Old High German: bank
  - Middle High German: banc, bank
    - German: Bank
      - → Danish: bank
      - → Norwegian Bokmål: bank
    - Luxembourgish: Bänk
    - Pennsylvania German: 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)
      - Greek: πάγκος (págkos)
    - → Middle French: banque (see there for further descendants)
    - → German: Bank (see there for further descendants)
  - → Medieval Latin: bancus, banca
  Lombardic: panch
  - → Italian: panca
Proto-Norse:
- Old West Norse: bekkr
  - Icelandic: bekkur
  - Faroese: bekkur
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: bekk
- Old East Norse: *bænkʀ
  - Norn: benk
  - Jamtish: benk
  - Westrobothnian: bäck
  - Old Swedish: bænker
    - Swedish: bänk
    - → Finnish: penkki
    - → Westrobothnian: baink
  - Old Danish: bænk
    - Danish: bænk
      - Norwegian Bokmål: benk