Where does “benko” come from?

benko (Esperanto) comes from English bench, from Middle English bench, from Old English benċ, from Proto-West Germanic banki, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

benko (Esperanto): bench

Definitions

  1. bench

Ancestry of “benko”, step by step

benko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via German bank

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbankbench which people sit on; pew
2Italianbancodesk; counter; bench, table
3Old High Germanbankbench

Words derived from “benko”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic banki →