Where does “bænker” come from?

bænker (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse benkr, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

bænker (Old Swedish): bench

Definitions

  1. bench

Ancestry of “bænker”, step by step

bænker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse benkr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebenkr—
2Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

via Old East Norse benkr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Norsebenkr—

Words derived from “bænker”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Old Norse benkr →