Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bakiz

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

• *bakjaz

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *bʰog- (“flowing water, brook, stream”). Cognate with Polish bagno (“swamp, bog, marsh”).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.kiz/

Noun

*bakiz f

1. brook, stream
2. beach, strand

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *bakiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bakiz	*bakīz
vocative	*baki	*bakīz
accusative	*bakį	*bakinz
genitive	*bakīz	*bakjǫ̂
dative	*bakī	*bakimaz
instrumental	*bakī	*bakimiz

Descendants

• Old English: bæċ; bæċe, beċe
  • Middle English: bach, bæch, bæcch, beshe, beche
    • English: beach
• Old Saxon: *bak, beki
  • Middle Low German: bēke, bach
    • Low German: Beek
    • → German: -beck
• Old Dutch: bak; beki
  • Middle Dutch: bēke
    • Dutch: beek
    • Limburgish: baek
• Old High German: bah
  • Middle High German: bach
    • German: Bach
    • Luxembourgish: Baach
• Old Norse: bekkr
  • Icelandic: bekkur
  • Norwegian

    Bokmål: bekk

    Nynorsk: bekk

  • Old Swedish: bækker
    • Swedish: bäck
  • Old Danish: bæk
    • Danish: bæk
  • → Old English: bæc, becc (mostly in placenames)
    • Middle English: bec, becc
      • Scots: bek, bekk
      • English: beck
  • → Norman: bech, bec (in hydronyms, in placenames)