Where does “Bankräuber” come from?

Bankräuber (German) comes from German bank, from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, from Proto-West Germanic banki, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

Bankräuber (German): bank robber

Definitions

  1. bank robber

Ancestry of “Bankräuber”, step by step

Bankräuber traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via German Räuber

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRäuberagent noun of rauben
2Middle High Germanröubære—
3Old High Germanroubāri—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic banki →