Where does “*banc” come from?

*banc (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic banki, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

*banc (Old Dutch): bench

Definitions

  1. bench

Ancestry of “*banc”, step by step

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

Words derived from “*banc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic banki →