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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]

  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

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *bak
    • Old English: bæc, bec
      • Middle English: bak, back
    • Old Frisian: bek
      • West Frisian: beck, bek
        • ⇒ West Frisian: bekling
    • Old Saxon: bak
      • Middle Low German: bak
        • ⇒ Middle Low German: *huckebak
    • Old High German: bah
      • ⇒ Old High German: bahho m
      • ⇒ Old High German: bahha f
  • Old Norse: bak

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