Bånk

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ɔŋk/
• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥ɒ̃ːŋk/ (East Central, Vienna)

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”).

Bånk f (plural Bänk, diminutive Bankl or Bankerl)

1. bench (which people sit on); pew
2. workbench (which things can be set down on)
3. bank (collection of material in a body of water)
4. (sports) substitutes' bench

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”).

Bånk f (plural Bånkn)

1. bank (financial institution)
2. a facility for storage of a particular thing