Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/baki

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

From Proto-Germanic *bakiz.

Noun

*baki f

1. brook

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*baki
Genitive	*bakī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*baki	*bakī
Accusative	*baki	*bakī
Genitive	*bakī	*bakkjō
Dative	*bakī	*bakim, *bakkjum
Instrumental	*bakī	*bakim, *bakkjum

Descendants

• Old English: bæċ
  • Middle English: bæcche, bæche, bache
    • English: beach, batch
• Old Frisian: *beke, *betze
  • Saterland Frisian: Bäke
  • West Frisian: beek, (in placenames) beets
• Old Saxon: *bak, beki
  • Middle Low German: bēke, bach
    • German Low German: Beek
    • Plautdietsch: Bach
    • → German: -beck
• Old Dutch: beki
  • Middle Dutch: bēke
    • Dutch: beek
    • Limburgish: baek
• Old High German: bah
  • Middle High German: bach
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: pach

      Mòcheno: pòch

    • German: Bach
    • Luxembourgish: Baach
• → Medieval Latin: bacha