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”) via an extension *bʰóg-o-m (see *-os).

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, bec — Mercian, Kentish
    • 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