Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/banki

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bankiz.

Noun

*banki f

1. bench

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*banki
Genitive	*bankī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*banki	*bankī
Accusative	*banki	*bankī
Genitive	*bankī	*bankijō
Dative	*bankī	*bankim, *bankijum
Instrumental	*bankī	*bankim, *bankijum

Descendants

• Old English: benċ, bænc
  • Middle English: benk, bench, bynk, benche, banch, binch, binche
    • English: bench (see there for further descendants)
    • 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
• Old Dutch: *banc
  • Middle Dutch: banc
    • Dutch: bank (see there for further descendants)
      • Afrikaans: bank
    • Limburgish: bank
• Old High German: bank
  • Middle High German: banc, bank
    • Bavarian: Bånk
    • German: Bank
      • → Danish: bank
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: bank
    • Luxembourgish: Bänk
    • Pennsylvania German: Bank
  • → Old French: banc
    • French: banc (see there for further descendants)
    • Norman: banc
    • → Middle English: bank, banke
      • English: bank (see there for further descendants)
    • → Galician: banco
    • → Spanish: banco (see there for further descendants)
  • → Old Italian: banco, banca
    • Italian: banco, banca (see there for further descendants)
      • ⇒ Italian: banchetto (see there for further descendants)
    • → Byzantine Greek: πάγκος (pánkos)
      • Greek: πάγκος (págkos)
    • → Middle French: banque (see there for further descendants)
    • → German: Bank (see there for further descendants)
  • → Medieval Latin: bancus, banca

  Lombardic: panch

  • → Italian: panca