bekkr
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Old Norse
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *bankiz, whence also Old English benc (English bench), Old High German bank (German Bank).
Noun
bekkr m (genitive bekkjar or bekks, plural bekkir)
Declension
Declension of bekkr (strong i-stem, s and ar-genitives)
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *bakiz, whence also German Bach.
Noun
bekkr m (genitive bekkjar or bekks, plural bekkir)
Declension
Declension of bekkr (strong i-stem, s and ar-genitives)
Descendants
- Icelandic: bekkur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bekk
- Norwegian Bokmål: bekk
- Old Danish: bæk
- Danish: bæk
- Old Swedish: bækker
- Swedish: bäck
- → Old English: bæc, becc (mostly in placenames)
- → Old Norman: bec (mostly in placenames)
References
- “bekkr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press