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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑŋ.kɔːː/

Noun

*bankô m

1. bank, embankment
2. hill

Inflection

Declension 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

• Proto-West Germanic: *bankō
  • Old English: *banca (as in hōbanca)
    • Middle English: banke, bank
      • English: bank
      • Scots: 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

Further reading

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Bankô”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.