Where does “baec” come from?

baec (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch bak, from Proto-Germanic baką, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg- — to break.

baec (Middle Dutch): meat from the back of a pig

Definitions

  1. meat from the back of a pig

Ancestry of “baec”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchbakback, rear
2Proto-Germanicbakąback, rear
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeg-to break
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeg-
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