bekkr
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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
Declension[edit]
The declension can either have an -ar genitive or an -s genitive.
Declension of bekkr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *bakiz, whence also German Bach.
Noun[edit]
bekkr m
Declension[edit]
The declension can either have an -ar genitive or an -s genitive.
Declension of bekkr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
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)
- → Old French: [Term?]
References[edit]
- bekkr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press