*bankô

Runic: ᛒᚨᚾᚲᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈbɑŋ.kɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

bank, embankment
a hill

Etymology

A deverbal n-stem noun, *bʰóng-ō ~*bʰn̥g-n-és, from Proto-Indo-European verb *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 *bankiz (‘a raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench’), *bunkô (‘bump, lump; heap, pile; crowd’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	bankô	bankaniz
Acc.	bankanų	bankanunz
Gen.	bankiniz	bankanǫ̂
Dat.	bankini	bankammaz
Inst.	bankinē	bankammiz
Voc.	bankô	bankaniz

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Descendants

*bankō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *banca, hōbanca (Old English)
  - banke, bank (Middle English)
    - bank (English)
    - bank (Scots)
bakki, banki (Old Norse)
- bakki (Faroese)
- bakki (Icelandic)
- bakke, bakki, bakka, bakk (Norwegian Nynorsk)
bakki, banki (Old Norse)
- bakkæ (Old Danish)
  - bakke, banke (Danish)
    - bakki (Greenlandic)
    - bakke, banke (Norwegian Bokmål)
    - banke (Norwegian Nynorsk)
bakki, banki (Old Norse)
- bakke, banke (Old Swedish)
  - backe, bank (Swedish)

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