Where does “baken” come from?

baken (English) comes from Middle English baken, from Old English bacan, from Proto-West Germanic bakan, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.

baken (English): alternative past participle of bake; baked

Definitions

  1. alternative past participle of bake; baked

Ancestry of “baken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishbakenTo bake; to cook in an oven; usually used of...
2Old Englishbacanto bake
3Proto-West Germanicbakanto bake
4Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bakaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bakan →