Where does “banc” come from?

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

banc (Old English): bank, hillock, embankment

Definitions

  1. bank, hillock, embankment

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 →