Where does “世界銀行” come from?

世界銀行 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 銀行, from Japanese 銀, from Middle Chinese 銀, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur — silver.

世界銀行 (Japanese): the World Bank

Definitions

  1. the World Bank

Ancestry of “世界銀行”, step by step

世界銀行 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 銀行

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese銀行a bank
2Japanese銀silver
3Middle Chinese銀—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanŋul ~ (d-)ŋursilver

via Japanese 世界

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese世界the world; a metaphorical world; society, the...
2Middle Chinese世界—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur →Every word from Middle Chinese 銀 →Every word from Japanese 銀 →