Where does “bagkrop” come from?
bagkrop (Danish) comes from Danish bag, from Danish bage, from Old Norse baka, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.
bagkrop (Danish): abdomen posterior part of an insect's body
Definitions
- abdomen posterior part of an insect's body
Ancestry of “bagkrop”, step by step
bagkrop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish bag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | bag | behind, bottom, butt, buttocks; seat; behind |
| 2 | Danish | bage | to bake; indefinite plural of bag |
| 3 | Old Norse | baka | to bake |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bakaną | to bake |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₃g- | to bake, to roast, to fry |
via Danish krop
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | krop | body; trunk, torso; carcass, carcase |
| 2 | Old Norse | kroppr | body |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kruppaz | a body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | grewb- | to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |