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Where does “banga” come from?

banga (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse banga, from Proto-Germanic bang-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰen- — to beat, hit, injure; to hit, strike, injure; to...

banga (Icelandic): to bang, to pound, to hammer

Definitions

  1. to bang, to pound, to hammer

Ancestry of “banga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebangato bang, pound, hammer
2Proto-Germanicbang-to bang; pound; beat
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰen-to beat, hit, injure; to hit, strike, injure; to...
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