Where does “blodbank” come from?

blodbank (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk bank, from French banque, from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, from Proto-West Germanic banki, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

blodbank (Norwegian Nynorsk): a blood bank

Definitions

  1. a blood bank

Ancestry of “blodbank”, step by step

blodbank traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk bank

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskbanka bank
2Frenchbanquebank
3Italianbancodesk; counter; bench, table
4Old High Germanbankbench
5Proto-West Germanicbankibench
6Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

via Norwegian Nynorsk blod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskblodblood
2Old Norseblóðblood; offspring
3Proto-Germanicblōþąblood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic banki →
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