Where does “workbench” come from?

I need to work through this carefully, as there are some issues with the chain provided. The chain shows: English work | English bench press | Yiddish בענטשן | Proto-Germanic wurkijaną | Latin bene | Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- | Latin bene | Latin bene This chain has problems: - "English bench press" appears to be an intermediate step that doesn't make sense for "workbench" - "Latin bene" appears multiple times at the end - The connection between these elements isn't coherent (jumping from Yiddish to Proto-Germanic to Latin seems broken) However, I must follow the rule: "State only what the chain supports. Do not invent dates, cognates, or intermediate steps." Given the unreliable chain, the most honest approach is to note that "workbench" is a compound of English "work" (

workbench (English): A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is...

Definitions

  1. A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is...

Ancestry of “workbench”, step by step

workbench traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English work

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishwork"Employment."; "Effort."; Sustained effort to...
2Middle Englishwerkwork
3Old Englishweorcwork, in various senses, including
4Proto-West Germanicwerkwork
5Proto-Germanicwerkąwork
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwérǵomwork
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make

via English bench

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbenchA long seat with or without a back, found for...
2Middle Englishbench
3Old Englishbenċbench
4Proto-West Germanicbankibench
5Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

Words derived from “workbench

Every word from Proto-Indo-European werǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wérǵomEvery word from Proto-Germanic werką
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