Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bang-

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *bʰen- (“to hit, strike, injure”) or *bʰe(n)g- (“to smash, break”).

Verb

banganą, bangōną

to bang; pound; beat

Derived terms

*bangilaz

Descendants

Old English: *bangan, *bangian
- Middle English: *bangen
  - Scots: bang
  - English: bang
Old Saxon: *bangan, *bangōn
- Middle Low German: bangen
  - Low German: bangen, bangeln
  - German: bangen
Old High German: *bangan, bangōn, *bankan, *bankōn
- Middle High German: bangen, pangen
  - Alemannic: bangen (“to bump, push, butt”)
Old Norse: banga
- Icelandic: banga, banka
- Faroese: banga, banka
- Norn: banga, bunga
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Bokmål: banke
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: banka, banke
- Old Swedish: bånga
  - Swedish: banka
- Danish: banke
- Elfdalian: baunka
- Gutnish: banke

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