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Where does “becken” come from?
becken (Middle Dutch) comes from Vulgar Latin baccinum, from Late Latin bacca — wine jug.
Ancestry of “becken”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Vulgar Latin
baccinum
wide bowl
2
Late Latin
bacca
wine jug
Words derived from “becken”
bekken
klankbekken
stroombekken
rivierbekken
kolenbekken
nierbekken
bekkenist
beki
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