Where does “gebakje” come from?

gebakje (Dutch) comes from Dutch gebak, 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.

gebakje (Dutch): a piece of pastry

Definitions

  1. a piece of pastry

Ancestry of “gebakje”, step by step

gebakje traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch gebak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgebaksweet pastry, cake
2Dutchbakkento bake; to pan-fry
3Middle Dutchbackento bake; to cling
4Old Dutchbakkan
5Proto-West Germanicbakanto bake
6Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

via Dutch je

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchjesubjective unstressed form of jij; objective...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g-
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