Where does “bankkártya” come from?

bankkártya (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian bank, 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.

bankkártya (Hungarian): bank card

Definitions

  1. bank card

Ancestry of “bankkártya”, step by step

bankkártya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian bank

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianbankbank financial institution
2Germanbankbench which people sit on; pew
3Italianbancodesk; counter; bench, table
4Old High Germanbankbench
5Proto-West Germanicbankibench
6Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

via Hungarian kártya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankártyacard
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic banki →