Where does “Backofen” come from?

Backofen (German) comes 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.

Backofen (German): oven

Definitions

  1. oven

Ancestry of “Backofen”, step by step

Backofen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German backen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbackento bake; to roast; to fry; to fire
2Middle High Germanbacken—
3Old High Germanbackan—
4Middle High Germanbachen—
5Old High Germanbahhanto bake
6Proto-Germanicbakanback

via German ofen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanofenstove
2Middle High Germanovenoven
3Old High Germanofanoven
4Proto-West Germanicofnoven
5Proto-Germanicuhnazoven; furnace
6Proto-Indo-Europeanaukw-cooking pot
Every word from Proto-Germanic bakan →