Where does “bakken” come from?

bakken (Dutch) comes 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.

bakken (Dutch): to bake; to pan-fry

Definitions

  1. to bake; to pan-fry

Ancestry of “bakken”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bakken

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g-