Where does “baag” come from?

baag (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian baka, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.

baag (North Frisian): to bake

Definitions

  1. to bake

Ancestry of “baag”, step by step

baag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Frisian baka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianbaka—
2Proto-Germanicbakanąto bake
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₃g-to bake, to roast, to fry

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahaʀ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bahaʀloincloth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bakaną →Every word from Old Frisian baka →