Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/baki

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bakiz.

Noun

*baki f^[1]

brook

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*baki
Genitive	*bakī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*baki	*bakī
Accusative	*baki	*bakī
Genitive	*bakī	*bakkjō
Dative	*bakī	bakim, bakkjum
Instrumental	*bakī	bakim, bakkjum

Descendants

Old English: bæċ
- Middle English: bæcche, bæche, bache
  - English: beach, batch
Old Frisian: *beke, *betze
- Saterland Frisian: Bäke
- West Frisian: beek, (in placenames) beets
Old Saxon: *bak, beki
- Middle Low German: bēke, bach
  - German Low German: Beek
  - Plautdietsch: Bach
  - → German: -beck
Old Dutch: beki
- Middle Dutch: bēke
  - Dutch: beek
  - Limburgish: baek
Old High German: bah
- Middle High German: bach
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: pach
    
    Mòcheno: pòch
  - German: Bach
  - Luxembourgish: Baach
→ Medieval Latin: bacha
Old French: *bais
- French: -bais, -baix (in placenames)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 237: “PWGmc *baki”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 237: “PWGmc *baki”

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