Where does “binke” come from?

binke (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 “binke”, step by step

binke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English benk

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

via Middle English benke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbenke—
2Old Englishbencbench

Words derived from “binke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →