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Where does “baka” come from?

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

baka (Icelandic): pie; to bake; indefinite genitive plural of bak

Definitions

  1. pie; to bake; indefinite genitive plural of bak

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”

  • tvíbaka
  • flatbaka
  • bakarí
  • baki
  • eplabaka
  • bakar
  • baka
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