Where does “bank” come from?

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

bank (German): bench which people sit on; pew

Definitions

  1. bench which people sit on; pew

Ancestry of “bank”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbancodesk; counter; bench, table
2Old High Germanbankbench
3Proto-West Germanicbankibench
4Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

Words derived from “bank”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →