Bånk
Bavarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German banc, from Old High German banc, bank (“height”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend, curve, arch”).
Noun edit
Bånk f (plural Bänk, diminutive Bankl or Bankerl)
- bench (which people sit on); pew
- workbench (which things can be set down on)
- bank (collection of material in a body of water)
- (sports) substitutes' bench
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Italian banco (“bench, bank”), from Lombardic bank, itself borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend, curve, arch”).
Noun edit
Bånk f (plural Bånkn)