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Where does “bakkæ” come from?
bakkæ (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse bakki, from Proto-Germanic bankô — bank, embankment; a hill.
Ancestry of “bakkæ”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Norse
bakki
bank; ridge, bank; a mound on which the target is...
2
Proto-Germanic
bankô
bank, embankment; a hill
Words derived from “bakkæ”
bakke
banke
Bak
bakka
bakki
banka
banker
fiskebanke
bank
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