Where does “gingku” come from?

gingku (Sakizaya) comes from Japanese 銀行, from Japanese 銀, from Middle Chinese 銀, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur — silver.

gingku (Sakizaya): bank financial institution

Definitions

  1. bank financial institution

Ancestry of “gingku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese銀行a bank
2Japanese銀silver
3Middle Chinese銀—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanŋul ~ (d-)ŋursilver
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur →Every word from Middle Chinese 銀 →Every word from Japanese 銀 →