Where does “bankar” come from?

bankar (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian bànka, from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, from Proto-West Germanic banki, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

bankar (Serbo-Croatian): banker

Definitions

  1. banker

Ancestry of “bankar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianbànkabank
2Italianbancodesk; counter; bench, table
3Old High Germanbankbench
4Proto-West Germanicbankibench
5Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic banki →