Where does “բանկ” come from?

բանկ (Armenian) comes from Russian банк, from French banque, from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, from Proto-West Germanic banki, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

բանկ (Armenian): bank

Definitions

  1. bank

Ancestry of “բանկ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianбанкbank
2Frenchbanquebank
3Italianbancodesk; counter; bench, table
4Old High Germanbankbench
5Proto-West Germanicbankibench
6Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

Words derived from “բանկ”

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