Where does “bekkr” come from?

bekkr (Old West Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

Ancestry of “bekkr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

Words derived from “bekkr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →