Where does “銀行” come from?

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

銀行 (Japanese): a bank

Definitions

  1. a bank

Ancestry of “銀行”, step by step

銀行 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 銀

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

via Japanese 行

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese行a line of text; a row of a matrix; Abbreviation...
2Middle Chinese行—

Words derived from “銀行”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur →Every word from Middle Chinese 銀 →Every word from Japanese 銀 →