Where does “bank-ilinek” come from?

bank-ilinek (Breton) comes from Breton bank, from Proto-West Germanic banki, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

bank-ilinek (Breton): prie-dieu

Definitions

  1. prie-dieu

Ancestry of “bank-ilinek”, step by step

bank-ilinek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Breton bank

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bretonbankbench
2Proto-West Germanicbankibench
3Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

via Breton ilinek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bretonilinek—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic banki →