Where does “bacht” come from?

bacht (Middle Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic buggjan, from Proto-Germanic bugjaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewgʰ- — to bend; curve, arch.

bacht (Middle Dutch): garbage, dung, shit

Definitions

  1. garbage, dung, shit

Ancestry of “bacht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbuggjanto buy
2Proto-Germanicbugjanąto deal; do business; exchange; to purchase; buy;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewgʰ-to bend; curve, arch
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bugjaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic buggjan →