Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bankiz

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend, curve, arch”). Cognate with Lithuanian bangà (“wave, billow, swell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑŋ.kiz/

Noun

*bankiz f

1. a raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope
2. bench

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *bankiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bankiz	*bankīz
vocative	*banki	*bankīz
accusative	*bankį	*bankinz
genitive	*bankīz	*bankijǫ̂
dative	*bankī	*bankimaz
instrumental	*bankī	*bankimiz

Related terms

• *bankô

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *banki
  • Old English: benċ, bænc
    • Middle English: benk, bench, bynk, benche, banch, binch, binche
      • English: bench (see there for further descendants)
      • Scots: bink, benk
      • → Middle Irish: beinnse
        • Irish: binse
  • Old Frisian: bank, benk
    • Saterland Frisian: Boank, Bank
    • West Frisian: bank
  • Old Saxon: bank
    • Middle Low German: bank
  • Old Dutch: *banc
    • Middle Dutch: banc
      • Dutch: bank (see there for further descendants)
        • Afrikaans: bank
      • Limburgish: bank
  • Old High German: bank
    • Middle High German: banc, bank
      • Bavarian: Bånk
      • German: Bank
        • → Danish: bank
        • → Norwegian Bokmål: bank
      • Luxembourgish: Bänk
      • Pennsylvania German: 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)
        • Greek: πάγκος (págkos)
      • → Middle French: banque (see there for further descendants)
      • → German: Bank (see there for further descendants)
    • → Medieval Latin: bancus, banca

    Lombardic: panch

    • → Italian: panca

• Proto-Norse:
  • Old West Norse: bekkr
    • Icelandic: bekkur
    • Faroese: bekkur
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: bekk
  • Old East Norse: *bænkʀ
    • Norn: benk
    • Jamtish: benk
    • Old Swedish: bænker
      • Swedish: bänk
      • → Finnish: penkki
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: benk
    • Old Danish: bænk
      • Danish: bænk
        • Norwegian Bokmål: benk