Where does “bink” come from?

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

Ancestry of “bink”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbenk—
2Old Englishbenċbench
3Proto-West Germanicbankibench
4Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

Words derived from “bink”

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