Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bak

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *baką.

Noun

*bak n

1. back (of the body)

   Synonym: *bakō

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bak
Genitive	*bakas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bak	*baku
Accusative	*bak	*baku
Genitive	*bakas	*bakō
Dative	*bakē	*bakum
Instrumental	*baku	*bakum

Derived terms

• *bakahūs
• *gabak

Descendants

• 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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *baką (“baking”).

Noun

*bak m or n

1. that which is baked, baked good, pastry

Inflection

Masculine

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bak
Genitive	*bakas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bak	*bakō, *bakōs
Accusative	*bak	*bakā
Genitive	*bakas	*bakō
Dative	*bakē	*bakum
Instrumental	*baku	*bakum

Neuter

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bak
Genitive	*bakas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bak	*baku
Accusative	*bak	*baku
Genitive	*bakas	*bakō
Dative	*bakē	*bakum
Instrumental	*baku	*bakum

Derived terms

• *bakahūs
• *gabak

Related terms

• *bakan
• *bakku

Descendants

• Old English: *bæc
  • Middle English: *bak
    • ⇒ Middle English: bakmonger
• Old Frisian: *bek, *bak
  • Saterland Frisian: Bak (in compounds and derivatives)
  • West Frisian: bak (in compounds and derivatives)
• Old Saxon: *bak
  • Middle Low German: bak, back, bach n
• Old Dutch: *bak (in compounds)
• Old High German: *bah, *bak
  • Middle High German: bak m
    • German: Back (in compounds)