Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bankô
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editRelated to *bankiz (“slope, hill, shelf”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*bankô m
- bank, embankment
- a hill
Inflection
editmasculine an-stemDeclension of *bankô (masculine an-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *bankô | *bankaniz | |
vocative | *bankô | *bankaniz | |
accusative | *bankanų | *bankanunz | |
genitive | *bankiniz | *bankanǫ̂ | |
dative | *bankini | *bankammaz | |
instrumental | *bankinē | *bankammiz |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Old English: banca (as in hōbanca)
- Old Norse: bakki, *banki — Old East Norse
Further reading
edit- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.