Where does “backen” come from?

backen (Middle High German) comes from Old High German backan, from Middle High German bachen, from Old High German bahhan, from Proto-Germanic bakan — back.

Ancestry of “backen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbackan—
2Middle High Germanbachen—
3Old High Germanbahhanto bake
4Proto-Germanicbakanback

Words derived from “backen”

Every word from Proto-Germanic bakan →Every word from Old High German bahhan →Every word from Middle High German bachen →