Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bankô

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

Related to *bankiz (“slope, hill, shelf”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑŋ.kɔːː/

Noun

*bankô m

bank, embankment
a hill

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *bankô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*bankô	*bankaniz
vocative	*bankô	*bankaniz
accusative	*bankanų	*bankanunz
genitive	*bankiniz	*bankanǫ̂
dative	*bankini	*bankammaz
instrumental	*bankinē	*bankammiz

Related terms

*bankiz

Descendants

Old English: banca (as in hōbanca)
- Middle English: banke
  - Scots: bank
  - English: bank
Old Norse: bakki, *banki — Old East Norse
- Icelandic: bakki
- Faroese: bakki
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bakke; (dialectal) bakki, bakka, bakk
- Old Swedish: bakke (banke in the toponym Bankekind)
  - Swedish: backe, bank
- Old Danish: bakkæ
  - Danish: bakke, banke
    - Norwegian Bokmål: bakke, banke
    - → Greenlandic: bakki
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: banke