Where does “gourvezvank” come from?

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

gourvezvank (Breton): sofa

Definitions

  1. sofa

Ancestry of “gourvezvank”, step by step

gourvezvank 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 gourvez

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