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Where does “bancalis” come from?

bancalis (Medieval Latin) comes from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

Ancestry of “bancalis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

Words derived from “bancalis”

  • bancal
  • bancal
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