Where does “Benkj” come from?

Benkj (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German bank, from Old Saxon bank, from Proto-West Germanic banki, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

Benkj (Plautdietsch): bench

Definitions

  1. bench

Ancestry of “Benkj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbank—
2Old Saxonbank—
3Proto-West Germanicbankibench
4Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

Words derived from “Benkj”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic banki →