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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bakiz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰog-i-s, from *bʰog- (“flowing water, brook, stream”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *bagnò (“swamp, bog, marsh”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑ.kiz/

Noun

*bakiz f[1]

  1. brook, stream
    Synonyms: *lōkiz, *sīką, *straumaz
  2. beach, strand
    Synonym: *strandō

Inflection
i-stemDeclension of *bakiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *bakiz *bakīz
vocative *baki *bakīz
accusative *bakį *bakinz
genitive *bakīz *bakjǫ̂
dative *bakī *bakimaz
instrumental *bakī *bakimiz

Alternative reconstructions
  • *bakkiz, *bakjaz (due to Old Norse)

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *baki
    • Old English: bæċ
    • Old Frisian: *beke, *betze
      • Saterland Frisian: Bäke
      • West Frisian: beek, (in placenames) beets
    • Old Saxon: *bak, beki
    • Old Dutch: beki
    • Old High German: bah
    • → Medieval Latin: bacha
  • Old Norse: bekkr

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bakja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 48
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