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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebakkibank; ridge, bank; a mound on which the target is...
2Proto-Germanicbankôbank, embankment; a hill

Words derived from “bakkæ”

  • banke
  • bakke
  • Bak
  • bankkonto
  • banker
  • bank
  • banka
  • bakka
  • bank
  • bakki
Every word from Proto-Germanic bankô →