Where does “flatbaka” come from?

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

flatbaka (Icelandic): pizza

Definitions

  1. pizza

Ancestry of “flatbaka”, step by step

flatbaka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic baka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbakapie; to bake; indefinite genitive plural of bak
2Old Norsebakato bake
3Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

via Icelandic flatur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicflaturflat
2Old Norseflatrflat, level; flat, prostrate
3Proto-Germanicflatazflat
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanplÁt-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bakaną →Every word from Old Norse baka →
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