Where does “bank” come from?

bank (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic banki, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

bank (Old High German): bench

Definitions

  1. bench

Ancestry of “bank”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bank”

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