Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/banki

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

From Proto-Germanic *bankiz.

*banki f^[1]

1. bench

• Old English: benċ, bænc
  • Middle English: benk, bench, bynk, benche, banch, binch, binche
    • English: bench (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: bink, benk
    • → Middle Irish: beinnse
      • Irish: binse
• Old Frisian: bank, benk
  • Saterland Frisian: Boank, Bank
  • West Frisian: bank
• Old Saxon: bank
  • Middle Low German: bank
• Old Dutch: *banc
  • Middle Dutch: banc
    • Dutch: bank (see there for further descendants)
      • Afrikaans: bank
    • Limburgish: bank
• Old High German: bank
  • Middle High German: banc, bank
    • Bavarian: Bånk
    • German: Bank
      • → Danish: bank
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: bank
    • Luxembourgish: Bänk
    • Pennsylvania German: Bank
  • → Old French: banc
    • French: banc (see there for further descendants)
    • Norman: banc
    • → Middle English: bank, banke
      • English: bank (see there for further descendants)
    • → Galician: banco
    • → Spanish: banco (see there for further descendants)
  • → Old Italian: banco, banca
    • Italian: banco, banca (see there for further descendants)
      • ⇒ Italian: banchetto (see there for further descendants)
    • → Byzantine Greek: πάγκος (pánkos)
      • Greek: πάγκος (págkos)
    • → Middle French: banque (see there for further descendants)
    • → German: Bank (see there for further descendants)
  • → Medieval Latin: bancus, banca

  Lombardic: panch

  • → Italian: panca