Where does “manga” come from?

manga (Turkish) 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.

manga (Turkish): squad

Definitions

  1. squad

Ancestry of “manga”, step by step

manga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian banco

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianbancodesk; counter; bench, table
2Old High Germanbankbench
3Proto-West Germanicbankibench
4Proto-Germanicbankiza raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

via Japanese 漫画

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese漫画a drawing or painting made as one pleases without...
2Japanese画picture, drawing, painting; movie, film, video;...
3Middle Chinese畫drawing

Words derived from “manga”

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