Where does “banco” come from?

banco (Galician) comes from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

banco (Galician): bench; workbench; sandbank

Definitions

  1. bench; workbench; sandbank

Ancestry of “banco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

Words derived from “banco”

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