Where does “bangku” come from?

bangku (Maguindanao) comes from Spanish Banco, from Old French bank, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

bangku (Maguindanao): bench

Definitions

  1. bench

Ancestry of “bangku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishBancobank
2Old Frenchbank—
3Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Old French bank →
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