Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bankiz

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑŋ.kiz/

Noun

*bankiz f

a raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope
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

Old English: benċ, bænc, benc
- Middle English: benk, bench, bynk, benche, banch, binch, binche
  - English: bench
  - 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
Frankish: *bank
- Old Dutch: *bank
  - Middle Dutch: banc
    - Dutch: bank
      - Afrikaans: bank
      - → Indonesian: bank
      - ⇒ Dutch: bankje, bankie (diminutive)
        → Sranan Tongo: barki
        → Dutch: barkie
    - Limburgish: bank
Old High German: bank, panch
- Middle High German: banc, bank
  - German: Bank
  - → Danish: bank
  - Luxembourgish: Bänk
- → Italian: banco, banchetto, panca
  - Middle French: banket
    - French: banquet
    - → Galician: banqueta
    - Middle Dutch: banket
      - Dutch: banket
        Afrikaans: banket
    - Middle English: banket
      - Scots: banket, bancat
      - English: banquet
  - Middle French: banc, banque
    - French: banc, banque
      - → Danish: bank
    - → Spanish: banco
    - → Turkish: bank
  - → Galician: banco
  - → Medieval Latin: bancus, banca
Norse:
- Old West Norse: bekkr
  - Icelandic: bekkur
  - Faroese: bekkur
- Old East Norse: *benkr
  - Norn: benk
  - Norwegian: benk
  - Old Swedish: bænker
    - Swedish: bänk
    - → Finnish: penkki
    - → Westrobothnian: baink
  - Old Danish: bænk
    - Danish: bænk
  - Westrobothnian: bäck

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