Where does “bànka” come from?

bànka (Serbo-Croatian) 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.

bànka (Serbo-Croatian): bank

Definitions

  1. bank

Ancestry of “bànka”, 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

Words derived from “bànka”

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