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Where does “bakynge” come from?

bakynge (Middle English) comes from Middle English baken, from Old English bacan, from Proto-West Germanic bakan, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.

bakynge (Middle English): The process or action of baking; Baked goods;...

Definitions

  1. The process or action of baking; Baked goods;...

Ancestry of “bakynge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishbakenTo bake; to cook in an oven; usually used of...
2Old Englishbacanto bake
3Proto-West Germanicbakanto bake
4Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

Words derived from “bakynge”

  • baking
  • bakingly
  • nonbaking
  • pre-baking
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