bank

Swedish

/ˈbaŋːk/

noun
Definitions
  • a bank financial institution, branch of such an institution
  • a bank place of storage
  • a bank of a river of lake
  • a sandbank

Etymology

Derived from Dutch, Flemish bank (bank, bench, sofa, supply, top) derived from German Bank (bank, bench) derived from Low German bank derived from Italian banco (bench, bank) derived from Old High German banc derived from *banki derived from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (bench, counter, bulge, hillock).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*bankiz

Gloss

bench, counter, bulge, hillock

Concept
Semantic Field

The house

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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