Where does “Werkbank” come from?

Werkbank (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.

Werkbank (German): workbench (table at which manual work is done)

Definitions

workbench (table at which manual work is done)

Ancestry of “Werkbank”, step by step

Werkbank traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German bank

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	German	bank	bench which people sit on; pew
2	Italian	banco	desk; counter; bench, table
3	Old High German	bank	bench
4	Proto-West Germanic	banki	bench
5	Proto-Germanic	bankiz	a raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
6	Proto-Indo-European	bʰeg-	to break

via German wërken

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	German	wërken	—
2	Middle High German	wërken	—
3	Old High German	werkōn	—
4	Proto-Germanic	werkōną	to work

Words derived from “Werkbank”

verpánek

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