Where does “банк” come from?

банк (Bezhta) 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.

банк (Bezhta): bank financial institution

Definitions

  1. bank financial institution

Ancestry of “банк”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic banki →