bank

Middle English

noun

Definitions

the bank of a river or lake

Etymology

Derived from Old English hōbanca (couch), banc (hillock, embankment, bank) derived from Proto-Germanic *bankô (elevation, bank).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*bankô

Gloss

elevation, bank

Concept

Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Bank English
bakke Norwegian Bokmål
*bankô Proto-Germanic
backe Swedish
bakke Norwegian Nynorsk
banc Old English
hobanca Old English
hōbanca Old English
bakka Old Norse
bakki Old Norse
bakke Danish
bakki Icelandic
banzo Galician
bakki Faroese
bank Old Frisian
bakkæ Old Danish