Where does “bankszámla” come from?
bankszámla (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.
bankszámla (Hungarian): bank account
Definitions
- bank account
Ancestry of “bankszámla”, step by step
bankszámla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian bank
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | bank | bank financial institution |
| 2 | German | bank | bench which people sit on; pew |
| 3 | Italian | banco | desk; counter; bench, table |
| 4 | Old High German | bank | bench |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | banki | bench |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bankiz | a raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeg- | to break |
via Hungarian számla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | számla | bill, invoice, check; Synonym of bankszámla |
| 2 | Hungarian | számlál | to count, compute; to number |
| 3 | Hungarian | -lál | Added to a noun to create a verb indicating... |
| 4 | Hungarian | -ál | Same as -l with the "-á-" linking vowel. Used for... |
| 5 | Hungarian | -l | Appended to a noun, an adjective or less... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -l | — |