Where does “بانقه” come from?
بانقه (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Italian banca, from Proto-Germanic bankô — bank, embankment; a hill.
Ancestry of “بانقه”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | banca | bank; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | bankô | bank, embankment; a hill |