Where does “baki” come from?

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

baki (Icelandic): indefinite dative singular of bak; first-person...

Definitions

  1. indefinite dative singular of bak; first-person...

Ancestry of “baki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbakapie; to bake; indefinite genitive plural of bak
2Old Norsebakato bake
3Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bakaną →Every word from Old Norse baka →
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