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Where does “baka” come from?

baka (Faroese) comes from Old Norse baka, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.

baka (Faroese): to bake

Definitions

  1. to bake

Ancestry of “baka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebakato bake
2Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

Words derived from “baka”

  • bakarí
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