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
Ancestry of “bænker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | benkr | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | bankiz | a raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeg- | to break |
Words derived from “bænker”