bekkr

Old Norse

From Proto-Germanic *bankiz, whence also Old English benc (English bench), Old High German bank (German Bank).

bekkr m

The declension can either have an -ar genitive or an -s genitive.

Declension of bekkr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

From Proto-Germanic *bakiz, whence also German Bach.

bekkr m

The declension can either have an -ar genitive or an -s genitive.

Declension of bekkr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)

Old Danish: bæk
- Danish: bæk
Old Swedish: bækker
- Swedish: bäck
Norwegian Bokmål: bekk
Norwegian Nynorsk: bekk
Icelandic: bekkur
→ Old English: bæc, becc (mostly in placenames)
- Middle English: bec, becc
  - Scots: bek, bekk
  - English: beck
→ Old French: [Term?]
- French: -bec (in placenames)
- Norman: bec

bekkr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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