Where does “bank” come from?

bank (Turkish) comes from French banc, from Old High German banc, from Proto-West Germanic banki, from Proto-Germanic bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

bank (Turkish): bench

Definitions

  1. bench

Ancestry of “bank”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbancbench; bank; bank, shoal, school
2Old High Germanbanccounter, bench
3Proto-West Germanicbankibench
4Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bankiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic banki →