bekkr

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Contents

1 Old Norse
- 1.1 Etymology 1
  - 1.1.1 Noun
    - 1.1.1.1 Descendants
- 1.2 Etymology 2
  - 1.2.1 Noun
    - 1.2.1.1 Descendants

Old Norse[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

bench

Descendants[edit]

Danish: bænk c
Icelandic: bekkur m

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *bakjaz, whence also German Bach.

Noun[edit]

bekkr m

brook, creek

Descendants[edit]

Danish: bæk c
English: beck
Icelandic: bekkur m

Norwegian Bokmål: bekk
Norwegian Nynorsk: bekk

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