Where does “bake” come from?
Bake comes from Middle English baken, from Old English bacan, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g-.
bake (English): To cook in an oven; To be cooked in an oven; To...
Definitions
- To cook in an oven; To be cooked in an oven; To...
Ancestry of “bake”, step by step
bake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German backen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | backen | to bake; to roast; to fry; to fire |
| 2 | Middle High German | backen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | backan | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | bachen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | bahhan | to bake |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bakan | back |
via Middle English baken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | baken | To bake; to cook in an oven; usually used of... |
| 2 | Old English | bacan | to bake |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | bakan | to bake |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bakaną | to bake |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₃g- | to bake, to roast, to fry |
Words derived from “bake”