Where does “benko” come from?

benko (Ido) comes from Esperanto benko, from English bench, from Middle English bench, from Old English benċ, from Proto-West Germanic banki, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

benko (Ido): bench, form, thwart

Definitions

  1. bench, form, thwart

Ancestry of “benko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantobenkobench
2EnglishbenchA long seat with or without a back, found for...
3Middle Englishbench—
4Old Englishbenċbench
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 →