Where does “बाक” come from?

बाक (Marathi) comes from Portuguese banco, from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, from Proto-West Germanic banki, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

बाक (Marathi): bench; curve, bend, turn

Definitions

  1. bench; curve, bend, turn

Ancestry of “बाक”, step by step

बाक traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese banco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesebancobank; bench; Clipping of banco de dados
2Italianbancodesk; counter; bench, table
3Old High Germanbankbench
4Proto-West Germanicbankibench
5Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

via Sanskrit वक्र

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritवक्रcrooked, curved, bent, tortuous, twisted, wry,...
2Sanskritवक्—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic banki →