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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bakaną

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

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

  • *bakkaną (see note below in Descendants)

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *bʰh₃g-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g- (to roast, bake). Related to Ancient Greek φώγω (phṓgō, to roast).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑ.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*bakaną [1]

  1. to bake

Inflection

Descendants

Several of these descendants have a geminate -kk- due to contamination with the iterative.

  • Old English: bacan
  • Old Frisian: *baka, *bakka
    • North Frisian:
      Amrum, Feer: baag
      Hoolmer, Mooring, Ockholm: bååge
      Langenhorn, Hoorninger, Wiedingharder: baage
      Sylt: baak
    • Saterland Frisian: boake
    • West Frisian: bakke
  • Old Saxon: bakkan
  • Old Dutch: *bakan, *bakkan
  • Old High German: bahhan, backan
  • Old Norse: baka

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*bak(k)an-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 49
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