Where does “banga” come from?

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

banga (Old Norse): to bang, pound, hammer

Definitions

  1. to bang, pound, hammer

Ancestry of “banga”, step by step

banga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic bang-

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

via Proto-Germanic *bangōną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*bangōnąto bang; pound; beat

Words derived from “banga”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰen- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bang- →