Where does “bančiti” come from?
bančiti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian banka, from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, from Proto-West Germanic banki, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.
bančiti (Serbo-Croatian): to carouse, go on a drinking/drunken bout, be/go...
Definitions
- to carouse, go on a drinking/drunken bout, be/go...
Ancestry of “bančiti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | banka | bank |
| 2 | Italian | banco | desk; counter; bench, table |
| 3 | Old High German | bank | bench |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | banki | bench |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bankiz | a raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeg- | to break |