Where does “banknak” come from?

banknak (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.

banknak (Hungarian): dative singular of bank

Definitions

  1. dative singular of bank

Ancestry of “banknak”, step by step

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