Where does “Babyspeck” come from?

Babyspeck (German) comes from German Baby, from English baby, from Middle English baby, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

Babyspeck (German): baby fat

Definitions

  1. baby fat

Ancestry of “Babyspeck”, step by step

Babyspeck traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Baby

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBabybaby infant
2EnglishbabyA very young human, particularly from birth to a...
3Middle EnglishbabyA child or baby
4Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
5Old English-iġ-y, -ic
6Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
7Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
8Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via German speck

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspeckbacon, fatty cellular tissue under the porkrind
2Middle High Germanspec
3Old High Germanspekbacon
4Proto-West Germanic*spikbacon
5Proto-Germanicspikąbacon
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspēy-to stretch; thrive; succeed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos