Where does “packen” come from?

packen (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon pakko, from Frankish pakkō, from Proto-Germanic pakkô — bundle; pack; package.

packen (Middle Low German): to pack

Definitions

  1. to pack

Ancestry of “packen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonpakko—
2Frankishpakkō—
3Proto-Germanicpakkôbundle; pack; package

Words derived from “packen”

Every word from Proto-Germanic pakkô →Every word from Frankish pakkō →Every word from Old Saxon pakko →
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