Where does “Bank” come from?

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

Bank (Pennsylvania German): bench; workbench

Definitions

  1. bench; workbench

Ancestry of “Bank”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbank—
2Old High Germanbankbench
3Proto-West Germanicbankibench
4Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
5Proto-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 →