Where does “afbakken” come from?

afbakken (Dutch) comes from Dutch bakken, from Middle Dutch backen, from Old Dutch bakkan, from Proto-West Germanic bakan, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.

afbakken (Dutch): to bake [a prebaked product]

Definitions

  1. to bake [a prebaked product]

Ancestry of “afbakken”, step by step

afbakken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch bakken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbakkento bake; to pan-fry
2Middle Dutchbackento bake; to cling
3Old Dutchbakkan—
4Proto-West Germanicbakanto bake
5Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

via Dutch af

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchafoff; off, from; finished, done
2Middle Dutchafoff, out, away; of, about
3Old Dutchaf—
4Proto-Germanicabaway from; away
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂epofrom, off, back; off, away; off, from
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