Where does “banku” come from?

banku (Basque) comes from Spanish Banco, from Old French bank, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

banku (Basque): bank; bench

Definitions

  1. bank; bench

Ancestry of “banku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishBancobank
2Old Frenchbank—
3Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

Words derived from “banku”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Old French bank →