Where does “baken” come from?

baken (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch baken, from Old Frisian bāken, from Proto-Germanic baukną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂u- — to be, become.

baken (Dutch): beacon

Definitions

  1. beacon

Ancestry of “baken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchbaken
2Old Frisianbākensignal
3Proto-Germanicbauknąsign, symbol
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂u-to be, become

Words derived from “baken

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂u-
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