Where does “bag” come from?

bag (Danish) comes from Danish bage, from Old Norse baka, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.

bag (Danish): behind, bottom, butt, buttocks; seat; behind

Definitions

  1. behind, bottom, butt, buttocks; seat; behind

Ancestry of “bag”, step by step

bag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish bage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbageto bake; indefinite plural of bag
2Old Norsebakato bake
3Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

via Old Norse bak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebakon the back of; back
2Proto-Germanicbakąback, rear
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break

Words derived from “bag”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bakaną →Every word from Old Norse baka →