Where does “ба́нка” come from?

ба́нка (Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic banъka, from Proto-Slavic baňa, from Latin bāneum, from Latin balneum, from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον, from Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνεύς — bath-man.

ба́нка (Russian): jar, pot

Definitions

  1. jar, pot

Ancestry of “ба́нка”, step by step

ба́нка traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic banъka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicbanъka—
2Proto-Slavicbaňabath, bathing, bathing place; dome; bulging,...
3Latinbāneumattested in Pompeii
4Latinbalneumbath, bathing place, bathroom
5Ancient Greekβαλανεῖονbath, bathing room; bathhouse
6Ancient Greekβᾰλᾰνεύςbath-man

via German bank

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbankbench which people sit on; pew
2Italianbancodesk; counter; bench, table
3Old High Germanbankbench
4Proto-West Germanicbankibench
5Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

Words derived from “ба́нка”

Every word from Ancient Greek βᾰλᾰνεύς →Every word from Ancient Greek βαλανεῖον →Every word from Latin balneum →