Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bang-

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

Alternative forms

*bung-, *bank-, *bunk-

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (“to hit, strike, injure”) or *bʰe(n)g- (“to smash, break”)[1]; ultimately onomatopoeic.

Verb

banganą, bangōną

to bang; pound; beat

Derived terms

*bangilaz

Descendants

Old English: *bangan, *bangian
- Middle English: *bangen; >? bunchen
  - Scots: bang
  - English: bang
Old Saxon: *bangan, *bangōn
- Middle Low German: bangen; >? bunken
  - Low German: bangen, bangeln
  - → German: bangen
>? Old Dutch: *bonken
- Dutch: bonken
Old High German: *bangan, bangōn, *bankan, *bankōn
- Middle High German: bangen, pangen; >? bungen
  - Alemannic German: bangen (“to bump, push, butt”)
  - German: banken (dialectal)
Old Norse: banga
- Icelandic: banga, banka
- Faroese: banga, banka
- Norn: banga, bunga
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Bokmål: banke
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: banka, banke
- Old Swedish: bånga
  - Swedish: banka
- Danish: banke
- Elfdalian: baunka
- Gutnish: banke

References

Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*banʒōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 35

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[1] Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*banʒōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 35