backe
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- slope; a piece of ground which slopes
- (uncountable) ground; the surface of the Earth
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse bakki (hill, elevation, 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
- bakke Norwegian Bokmål
- *bankô Proto-Germanic
- backsippa Swedish
- backsvala Swedish
- nedför Swedish
- nedförsbacke Swedish
- sippa Swedish
- svala Swedish
- uppför Swedish
- uppförsbacke Swedish
- bakke Norwegian Nynorsk
- banc Old English
- hobanca Old English
- bakka Old Norse
- bakki Old Norse
- bakke Danish
- bakki Icelandic
- banzo Galician
- bakki Faroese
- bank Old Frisian
- bakkæ Old Danish