Where does “Notenbank” come from?

Notenbank (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.

Notenbank (German): central bank

Definitions

  1. central bank

Ancestry of “Notenbank”, step by step

Notenbank 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 note

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannotenote character indicating the length and pitch of a tone
2Latinnotāmark, sign
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic banki →