Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baką

This Proto-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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to vault; arch”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.kɑ̃/

Noun

*baką n[1]

back, rear

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *baką (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*baką	*bakō
vocative	*baką	*bakō
accusative	*baką	*bakō
genitive	bakas, bakis	*bakǫ̂
dative	*bakai	*bakamaz
instrumental	*bakō	*bakamiz

Related terms

*bakô?
- West Germanic *bakō

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *bak
- Old English: bæc
  - Middle English: bak, back
    - English: back
    - Scots: bak, back, bake
- Old Frisian: bek
  - West Frisian: beck, bek
    - ⇒ West Frisian: bekling
- Old Saxon: bak
  - Middle Low German: bak
    - ⇒ Middle Low German: *huckebak
      - Low German: Huckeback
        → German: huckepack
- Old High German: bah
  - ⇒ Old High German: bahho m
    - Middle High German: bache
      - German: Bache
  - ⇒ Old High German: bahha f
    - Middle High German: bache
      - German: Bache
Old Norse: bak
- Icelandic: bak
- Faroese: bak
- Norwegian: bak m or n
- Old Swedish: baker m
  - Swedish: bak
- Old Danish: bak
  - Danish: bag

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*baka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 48

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*baka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 48