Where does “bakes” come from?
bakes (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål bake, from Old Norse baka, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.
bakes (Norwegian Bokmål): passive form of bake
Ancestry of “bakes”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bake | to bake |
| 2 | Old Norse | baka | to bake |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | bakaną | to bake |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₃g- | to bake, to roast, to fry |