Where does “forretningsbank” come from?
forretningsbank (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.
forretningsbank (Norwegian Nynorsk): a commercial bank
Definitions
- a commercial bank
Ancestry of “forretningsbank”, step by step
forretningsbank traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk bank
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | bank | a bank |
| 2 | French | banque | bank |
| 3 | Italian | banco | desk; counter; bench, table |
| 4 | Old High German | bank | bench |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | banki | bench |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bankiz | a raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeg- | to break |
via Norwegian Nynorsk forretning
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | forretning | business; firm; enterprise; shop; store |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | -ning | used to form nouns, usually from verbs |
| 3 | Old Norse | -ning | — |