Where does “bake” come from?

bake (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse baka, from Proto-Germanic bakaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- — to bake, to roast, to fry.

bake (Norwegian Nynorsk): to bake

Definitions

  1. to bake

Ancestry of “bake”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bake”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₃g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bakaną →Every word from Old Norse baka →