Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *bangōnąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_bangōną
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*-eh₂-ye/oभनक्तिto break, split, breach
verbWeak class 2to bang; pound; beatProbably from a Proto-Indo-European expressive formation based on *bʰeg- (‘to break’), specifically a nasalized o-grade base *bʰong-, with Proto-Germanic weak-II verbal suffixation (< PIE *-eh₂-ye/o-), pre-Germanic *bʰong-eh₂-yé/ó-. Because of the expressive semantics, an onomatopoetic contribution cannot be excluded. Compare Old Armenian բեկանեմ (bekanem, ‘to break’), Sanskrit भनक्ति (bhanákti, ‘to break, split, breach’).