Where does “bankschroef” come from?

bankschroef (Dutch) comes from Dutch schroef, from Middle French escroue, from Old French escroe, from Latin scrofa, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

bankschroef (Dutch): vice, vise

Definitions

  1. vice, vise

Ancestry of “bankschroef”, step by step

bankschroef traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch schroef

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchschroefscrew; A ship's propeller; An Archimedes screw
2Middle Frenchescrouepiece, strip (of something)
3Old Frenchescroepiece, strip (of something)
4Latinscrofasow
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kerbʰ-to scratch, scrape
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Dutch bank

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbankbench; couch, sofa; place where seashells are...
2Italianbancodesk; counter; bench, table
3Old High Germanbankbench
4Proto-West Germanicbankibench
5Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →