Where does “Bank” come from?

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

Bank (Plautdietsch): bank

Definitions

  1. bank

Ancestry of “Bank”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbancodesk; counter; bench, table
2Old High Germanbankbench
3Proto-West Germanicbankibench
4Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic banki →
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