Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bunkô
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, tight, dense, plump”) (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) or *bʰe(n)g- (“to bend, bulge”); compare *bankô for the latter. Alternatively related to Albanian bung (“sessile oak”), from Proto-Albanian *bunga, from *bʰewH- (“to grow”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*bunkô m
Declension[edit]
Declension of *bunkô (an-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | *bunkô | *bunkaniz |
Vocative | *bunkô | *bunkaniz |
Accusative | *bunkanų | *bunkanunz |
Genitive | *bunkiniz | *bunkanǫ̂ |
Dative | *bunkini | *bunkammaz |
Instrumental | *bunkinē | *bunkammiz |
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: *bunca; *bunċe
- Old Frisian: bunka
- Old Saxon: *bunko
- Old Dutch: *bunko
- Old High German: bungo
- Old Norse: bunki
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*ƀunkōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 62