Where does “backen” come from?

backen (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon bakkan, from Proto-West Germanic bakan, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.

Ancestry of “backen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonbakkanto bake
2Proto-West Germanicbakanto bake
3Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

Words derived from “backen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bakaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bakan →