Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend, curve, arch”). Cognate with Lithuanian bangà (“wave, billow, swell”).
Pronunciation[edit]
*bankiz f
- a raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope
- bench
Inflection[edit]
i-stemDeclension of *bankiz (i-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*bankiz
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*bankīz
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vocative
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*banki
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*bankīz
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accusative
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*bankį
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*bankinz
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genitive
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*bankīz
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*bankijǫ̂
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dative
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*bankī
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*bankimaz
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instrumental
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*bankī
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*bankimiz
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Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *banki
- Old English: benċ, bænc
- Old Frisian: bank, benk
- Old Saxon: 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: