Where does “Bach” come from?

Bach (German) comes from Middle High German bach, from Old High German bah, from Proto-West Germanic baki, from Proto-Germanic bakiz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰog- — flowing water, stream; flowing water, brook,...

Bach (German): brook, stream

Definitions

  1. brook, stream

Ancestry of “Bach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbach—
2Old High Germanbah—
3Proto-West Germanicbakibrook
4Proto-Germanicbakizbrook, stream; beach, strand
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰog-flowing water, stream; flowing water, brook,...

Words derived from “Bach”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰog- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bakiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic baki →