Where does “benk” come from?

benk (Middle English) comes from Old English benċ, from Proto-West Germanic banki, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

Ancestry of “benk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbenċbench
2Proto-West Germanicbankibench
3Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

Words derived from “benk”

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