Where does “bánya” come from?

bánya (Hungarian) comes from Proto-Slavic baňa, from Latin bāneum, from Latin balneum, from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον, from Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνεύς — bath-man.

bánya (Hungarian): mine; healing spring or bath

Definitions

  1. mine; healing spring or bath

Ancestry of “bánya”, step by step

bánya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic baňa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicbaňabath, bathing, bathing place; dome; bulging,...
2Latinbāneumattested in Pompeii
3Latinbalneumbath, bathing place, bathroom
4Ancient Greekβαλανεῖονbath, bathing room; bathhouse
5Ancient Greekβᾰλᾰνεύςbath-man

via Hungarian jobanya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianjobanya—
2Hungarianjobbbetter
3Hungarianjógood good for something (can be used for)
4Proto-Ugricjomɜgood

Words derived from “bánya”

Every word from Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνεύς →Every word from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον →Every word from Latin balneum →