*bankiz

Runic: ᛒᚨᚾᚲᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈbɑŋ.kiz/

noun · feminine · i-stem

Meanings

a raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope
bench

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰóng-i-s ~ *bʰn̥g-éy-s, from *bʰ-né-g-ti ~ *bʰ-n̥-g-énti, a nasal-infixed present of root *bʰeg- (‘to bend, curve, arch’). Cognate with Lithuanian bangà (‘wave, billow’), related to *bankô (‘bank, embankment, hill’), *bunkô (‘bump, lump; heap, pile; crowd’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	bankiz	bankīz
Acc.	bankį	bankinz
Gen.	bankīz	bankijǫ̂
Dat.	bankī	bankimaz
Inst.	bankī	bankimiz
Voc.	banki	bankīz

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Descendants

*banki (Proto-West Germanic)
- *banc (Old Dutch)
  - banc (Middle Dutch)
    - bank (Limburgish)
*banki (Proto-West Germanic)
- *banc (Old Dutch)
  - banc (Middle Dutch)
    - bank (Dutch)
      - bank (Afrikaans)
*banki (Proto-West Germanic)
- benċ, bænc (Old English)
  - benk, bench, bynk, benche, banch, binch, binche (Middle English)
    - bench (English)
    - bink, benk (Scots)
*banki (Proto-West Germanic)
- bank, benk (Old Frisian)
  - Boank, Bank (Saterland Frisian)
  - bank (West Frisian)
*banki (Proto-West Germanic)
- bank (Old High German)
  - bancus, banca (Medieval Latin)
*banki (Proto-West Germanic)
- bank (Old High German)
  - banc, bank (Middle High German)
    - Bånk (Bavarian)
    - Bank (German)
    - Bänk (Luxembourgish)
    - Bank (Pennsylvania German)
*banki (Proto-West Germanic)
- bank (Old Saxon)
  - bank (Middle Low German)
*bænkʀ (Old East Norse)
- benk (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*bænkʀ (Old East Norse)
- bænk (Old Danish)
  - bænk (Danish)
    - benk (Norwegian Bokmål)
*bænkʀ (Old East Norse)
- bænker (Old Swedish)
  - penkki (Finnish)
  - bänk (Swedish)
bekkr (Old West Norse)
- bekkur (Faroese)
- bekkur (Icelandic)
- bekk (Norwegian Nynorsk)

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