bekkr

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1 Old Norse

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
Swedish: bänk

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

bekkr m

brook, creek

Descendants[edit]

Old Danish: bæk
- Danish: bæk
Old Swedish: bækker
- Swedish: bäck
Norwegian Bokmål: bekk
Norwegian Nynorsk: bekk
Icelandic: bekkur
→ Old English: bæc, becc (mostly in placenames)
- Middle English: bec, becc
  - Scots: bek, bekk
  - English: beck
→ Old French: [Term?]
- French: -bec (in placenames)
- Norman: bec

References[edit]

bekkr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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