bekkr
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Old Norse[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *bankiz, whence also Old English benc (English bench), Old High German bank (German Bank).
Noun[edit]
bekkr m (genitive bekkjar or bekks, plural bekkir)
Declension[edit]
Declension of bekkr (strong i-stem, s and ar-genitives)
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *bakiz, whence also German Bach.
Noun[edit]
bekkr m (genitive bekkjar or bekks, plural bekkir)
Declension[edit]
Declension of bekkr (strong i-stem, s and ar-genitives)
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: bekkur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bekk
- Norwegian Bokmål: bekk
- Old Danish: bæk
- Danish: bæk
- Old Swedish: bækker
- Swedish: bäck
- → Old English: bæc, becc (mostly in placenames)
- → Old Norman: bec (mostly in placenames)
References[edit]
- “bekkr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press