Where does “ব্যাংক” come from?

ব্যাংক (Bengali) comes from English bank, from Middle English banke, from Old English banca, from Proto-Germanic bankô — bank, embankment; a hill.

ব্যাংক (Bengali): bank

Definitions

  1. bank

Ancestry of “ব্যাংক”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbankAn institution where one can place and borrow...
2Middle Englishbanke—
3Old Englishbancabench
4Proto-Germanicbankôbank, embankment; a hill
Every word from Proto-Germanic bankô →Every word from Old English banca →Every word from Middle English banke →