Where does “bakeoven” come from?

bakeoven (English) comes from English bake, from German backen, from Middle High German backen, from Old High German backan, from Middle High German bachen, from Old High German bahhan, from Proto-Germanic bakan — back.

Ancestry of “bakeoven”, step by step

bakeoven traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbakeTo cook in an oven; To be cooked in an oven; To...
2Germanbackento bake; to roast; to fry; to fire
3Middle High Germanbacken—
4Old High Germanbackan—
5Middle High Germanbachen—
6Old High Germanbahhanto bake
7Proto-Germanicbakanback

via English oven

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishovenA chamber used for baking or heating
2Middle EnglishovenAn oven; an enclosed chamber for baking or drying
3Old Englishofnoven, stove; furnace
4Proto-West Germanicofnoven
5Proto-Germanicuhnazoven; furnace
6Proto-Indo-Europeanaukw-cooking pot
Every word from Proto-Germanic bakan →