Where does “backen” come from?
backen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch bakkan, from Proto-West Germanic bakan, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.
backen (Middle Dutch): to bake; to cling
Ancestry of “backen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | bakkan | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | bakan | to bake |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | bakaną | to bake |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₃g- | to bake, to roast, to fry |
Words derived from “backen”