Where does “Bankkunde” come from?

Bankkunde (German) comes from German Kunde, from German kund, from Middle High German kunt, from Old High German kund, from Proto-West Germanic kunþ, from Proto-Germanic kunþaz, from Proto-Germanic kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

Bankkunde (German): bank customer

Definitions

  1. bank customer

Ancestry of “Bankkunde”, step by step

Bankkunde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kunde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKundecustomer, patron, punter, client; tidings, news;...
2Germankundknown
3Middle High Germankuntcunt, pussy, vulva, vagina
4Old High Germankund
5Proto-West Germanickunþknown
6Proto-Germanickunþazpast participle of *kunnaną; known
7Proto-Germanickunnanąto know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

via German bank

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbankbench which people sit on; pew
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 ǵneh₃-