bakki

Icelandic

/ˈpahcɪ/

noun

Definitions

bank edge of river or lake
tray (e.g. a dinner tray or ashtray)
the blunt side of a blade (on a knife, sword, etc.)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse bakki (hill, elevation, bank) inherited from Proto-Germanic *bankô (elevation, bank).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*bankô

Gloss

elevation, bank

Concept

Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

bakke Norwegian Bokmål
*bankô Proto-Germanic
backe Swedish
bakke Norwegian Nynorsk
banc Old English
hobanca Old English
bakka Old Norse
bakki Old Norse
bakke Danish
ostabakki Icelandic
ostur Icelandic
banzo Galician
bakki Faroese
bank Old Frisian
bakkæ Old Danish